שניטקע
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
Probably שניט (shnit) + ־קע (-ke). Compare also German Schnitte (“slice of bread; sandwich”) and Schnittchen (“open sandwich”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
שניטקע • (shnitke) f, plural שניטקעס (shnitkes)
- sandwich, canapé
- Synonyms: סענדוויטש (sendvitsh), פּוטערברויט (puterbroyt), בוטערבראָד (buterbrod)
Derived terms edit
- אָפֿענע שניטקע (ofene shnitke, “open-faced sandwich”)
- געבראָטענע קעז־שניטקע (gebrotene kez-shnitke), געפּרעגלטע קעז־שניטקע (gepreglte kez-shnitke)
- העראָ־שניטקע (hero-shnitke)
- כּזית־שניטקע (kazayes-shnitke, “canapé, hors d'oeuvre”)
- שניטקע־מאַכער (shnitke-makher)
- טונפֿיש־שניטקע (tunfish-shnitke)
- וויקל־שניטקע (vikl-shnitke), געוויקלטע שניטקע (geviklte shnitke, “wrap”)
References edit
- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “šnitke”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 756
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “שניטקע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “sandwich”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN