Schmankerl
German edit
Etymology edit
Schmänkelein + -erl apparently, in 19th century cooking books also Schmankel, a culinary term for “was from Brey oder Muß ans Geschirr anbrät, Kruste” according to Schmeller’s Bavarian dictionary, then a kind of pastry from crusts, there explained as an expressive formation to Schmand.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmankɐl/
Audio with prescriptive pronunciation: (file) Audio with Bavarian accent: (file) - Hyphenation: Schman‧kerl
Noun edit
Schmankerl n (strong or mixed, genitive Schmankerls, plural Schmankerl or Schmankerln)
- tidbit (also figurative)
Declension edit
Declension of Schmankerl [neuter, strong // mixed]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Schmankerl | die | Schmankerl, Schmankerln |
genitive | eines | des | Schmankerls | der | Schmankerl, Schmankerln |
dative | einem | dem | Schmankerl | den | Schmankerln |
accusative | ein | das | Schmankerl | die | Schmankerl, Schmankerln |
Further reading edit
- “Schmankerl” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schmankerl” in Duden online
- Schmankerl on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de