Nudel
See also: nudel
German
editEtymology
editAttested 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
editNoun
editNudel 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
editDeclension of Nudel [feminine]
Derived terms
editDerived 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
editPennsylvania German
editEtymology
editCompare German Nudel, English noodle.
Noun
editNudel f (plural Nudle)
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