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Spätzle
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spätzle
German
de:
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Etymology
de gsw Spätzle, de unclear if.
a diminutive of gsw Spatz sparrow, comparing the name of the dish de Rindsvögel
or in another ablaut to the family of de Spitze cusp, peak, de Spieß spit, comparing to the it spirelli little spires or coils; compare its other name de Knöpfli from de Knopf knob
or of even more obscure orgin possibly related to de Spatzeck tipcat, which may be from the words for spits and cusps, or related to expressive verbs like Southern de spatzen to make jerk away, de batzen to agglutinate by thrusting, de patzen to beat, to pound, or de roa-rhe - forms of de la battuo battuere to beat, to pound.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʃpɛt͡slə/
de De-Spätzle.ogg Berlin
de De-Spätzle2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Spätz le
Noun
n,s,-.datpl:-:n[uncommon]
de chiefly in plural spaetzle southern German kind of noodles
de Knöpfle Spatzen
Declension
n,s,-.datpl:-:n[very rare]
Derived terms
de Brätspätzle Leberspätzle Milchspätzle Spinatspätzle Käsespätzle,Kässpätzle Krautspätzle Spätzlehobel Spätzlepresse
References
de Foods