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- Yiddish · borrowed fromקניידל
- English todayknaidel
Borrowed from Yiddish קניידל (kneydl), cognate to German Knödel (“dumpling”). Doublet of knedle, knödel, and quenelle.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
knaidel
Today it means: A type of dumpling made of matzo eaten by Ashkenazi Jews during Passover. Full definition →
Yiddish קניידל