pretzel

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• /ˈpɹɛt.səl/
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• [ˈphɹɛʔt͡sɫ̩]
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mreǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *mréǵhus Proto-Hellenic *brəkhús Ancient Greek βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *-yōsder. Proto-Indo-European *-isō Proto-Hellenic *-ihō Ancient Greek -ῑ́ων (-ī́ōn) Ancient Greek βρᾰχῑ́ων (brăkhī́ōn)bor. Latin bracchium Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin brāchiātus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellusbor. Old High German brēzitella Middle High German brēzel German Brezel German Pretzelbor. English pretzel From dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brēzitella, from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus, diminutive of Latin brāchium, bracchium (“arm”); named for the appearance of folded arms.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عُقْدِيَّة (ʕuqdiyya) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Arabic: بْرِيتْزِل (brītzil) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Armenian: բրեցել (brecʻel) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Belarusian: брэ́цаль (brécalʹ) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Bulgarian: гевре́к (gevrék) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Bulgarian: бре́цел (brécel) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Chinese Mandarin: 德國結 /德国结 (Déguójié) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Chinese Mandarin: 椒鹽捲餅 /椒盐卷饼 — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Chinese Mandarin: 鹽味卷餅 /盐味卷饼 — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Czech: preclík — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Danish: brezel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Danish: saltkringle — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Dutch: pretzel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Esperanto: krakeno — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Esperanto: breco — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Estonian: vesikringel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Finnish: rinkeli — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Finnish: viipurinrinkeli — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• French: bretzel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Georgian: ბრეცელი (breceli) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• German: Breze — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• German: Brezel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• German: Brezen — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• German: Pretzel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Greek: κουλούρι (kouloúri) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Greek: μπρέτσελ (brétsel) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Hebrew: בייגלה — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Hebrew: בֵּיְגָּלֶה (béigale) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Hindi: प्रेट्ज़ल (preṭzal) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Hungarian: perec — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Icelandic: kringla — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Ingrian: krinkeli — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Italian: brezel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Japanese: プレッツェル (purettseru) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Korean: 브레첼 (beurechel) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Korean: 프레첼 (peurechel) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Latin: brecellus — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Latvian: ūdenskliņģeris — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Latvian: kliņģeris — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Lithuanian: riestainis — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Luxembourgish: Bretzel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Macedonian: перек (perek) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Norwegian: saltstang — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Iranian Persian: چوب شور (čub šur) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Iranian Persian: پِرِتْزِل (peretzel) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Plautdietsch: Kjrinjel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Polish: precel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Portuguese: pretzel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Romanian: covrigel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Romanian: covrig — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Russian: кре́ндель (kréndelʹ) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Russian: кренделёк (krendeljók) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Russian: пре́цель (précelʹ) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Russian: бре́цель (brécelʹ) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Serbo-Croatian: пѐре̄ц — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Serbo-Croatian: pèrēc — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Slovak: praclík — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Slovene: prẹ̑sta — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Lower Sorbian: kryngel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Upper Sorbian: bracl — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Upper Sorbian: pracl — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Spanish: pretzel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Spanish: brezel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Swahili: pretseli — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Swedish: kringla — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Swedish: pretzel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Swedish: saltkringla — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Turkish: tuzlu simit — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Turkish: pretzel — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Ukrainian: бре́цель (brécelʹ) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Yiddish: בייגעלע (beygele) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Yiddish: פּרעצל (pretsl) — toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
• Finnish: solmu — anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled
• Finnish: hässäkkä — anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled
• Russian: кре́ндель (kréndelʹ) — anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled
• Russian: бу́блик (búblik) — anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled
• Russian: бара́нка (baránka) — anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled