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Dutch
Etymology
Equivalent to knot + -el. Cognate to German Knödel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknu.dəl/
- Hyphenation: knoe‧del
- Rhymes: -udəl
Noun
knoedel m (plural knoedels, diminutive knoedeltje n)
- dumpling
- Synonym: meelballetje
- noodle or piece of pasta
- 1875, Jozef Wiel, Kookboek voor gezonden en zieken, vol. 1, publ. by P. Kluitman, page 104.
De spijzen, bereid uit meel en water staan op het laagste standpunt der kookkunst. Een zeer bekende soort, waaraan waarschijnlijk Adam en Eva reeds hebben gesmuld, zijn de knoedels.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Synonym: noedel