zwieback

See also: Zwieback

English

Zwieback

Etymology

From German Zwieback, from zwie- (“twi-, two-”) + backen (“to bake”) (i.e “twice-baked”), a calque of Italian biscotto (but not to be confused with it).

Noun

zwieback (countable and uncountable, plural zwiebacks)

1. A usually sweetened bread enriched with eggs that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp; considered easy to digest and therefore given to the ill and used as a teething food for toddlers.
   • Ogden Nash, Adventures Of Isabel

     She nibbled the zwieback that she always fed off,
     And when it was gone, she cut the giant's head off.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: korppu (fi)
• German: Zwieback (de) m
• Italian: fetta biscottata
• Polish: suchar (pl) m
• Romanian: pesmet (ro) m
• Russian: сдобный сухарь m (sdobnyj suxarʹ)
• Turkish: peksimet (tr)
• Ukrainian: сухар m (suxar)