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spaetzle

Today it means: A heavy egg noodle or dumpling used in the cuisine of southern Germany and Austria Full definition →

German Spätzle ← Swabian Spätzle

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Swabian · derived fromSpätzle
German · borrowed fromSpätzle
English todayspaetzle

From German Spätzle, from Swabian Spätzle (compare Alemannic German Spätzli).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.