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German
Etymology 1
From Spiegel (“mirror”) + Ei (“egg”). Probably a loan translation of earlier French œuf miroir, œuf au miroir, possibly through Dutch spiegelei.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpiːɡəlˌʔaɪ̯/
- Hyphenation: Spie‧gel‧ei
Noun
Spiegelei n (strong, genitive Spiegeleis, plural Spiegeleier)
- fried egg
- Synonym: Ochsenauge
- 2013, Barbara Friedl-Stocks, Lexa – Verhext und weggezaubert!, Thienemann Verlag (publ.).
Lexa briet inzwischen ihre Spiegeleier und aß sie rasch auf, weil sie so wenig Zeit wie möglich verlieren wollte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology 2
From spiegeln + -ei.
Pronunciation
Noun
Spiegelei f (genitive Spiegelei, plural Spiegeleien)
- (rare) the act of mirroring or reflecting
- Synonym: Spiegelung
- 1990, Gustav Sichelschmidt, Allein mit meinem Zauberwort. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Eine Biographie, Droste (publ.), page 330.
Der alte, noch agile Freiherr, der politisch einen entschiedenen Konservatismus vertritt, bringt immer etwas vom Getöse der in diesem Winter in Aufruhr geratenen Welt mit sich, wenn er in die Spiegelei einkehrt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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