Nudel
See also: nudel
German edit
Etymology edit
Attested since 16th century, further origin unknown. Perhaps from a variant of Knödel,[1] such as Silesian East Central German knudel. The unusual loss of k- is apparently attested in West Flemish noedel (“dumpling”). If already Middle Dutch, such a dialectal form might have been brought to eastern Germany by Flemish settlers. (Standard Dutch noedel stems from the German.)
An alternative theory derives it from Ladin menudli (“small piece of dough found in soup”), from Latin minutulus, diminutive of minūtus (“diminished, diminutive, lessened”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Nudel f (genitive Nudel, plural Nudeln, diminutive Nüdelchen n)
- a noodle, a string or lump of pasta
- (in the plural) pasta
- (in compounds) certain other kinds of pastries
- (informal) a person, usually female, who is funny and cheerful, especially when also having a pleasantly plump, buxom figure
Declension edit
Declension of Nudel [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: noedel
- → English: noodle
- → Finnish: nuudeli
- → Faroese: nudla
- → French: nouille
- → Icelandic: núðla
- → Kashubian: nudle
References edit
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Nudel”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German Nudel, English noodle.
Noun edit
Nudel f (plural Nudle)