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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wrongel (“curd”), wrongele. Equivalent to an ablauted derivation from wringen (“wring”) + -el.
Cognate with West Flemish wrommel, German Low German Wrungel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋrɔ.ŋəl/
- Hyphenation: wron‧gel
- Rhymes: -ɔŋəl
Noun
wrongel f (plural wrongels, diminutive wrongeltje n)
- curd
- Alle vloeistof wordt uit de wrongel geperst. ― All liquid is squeezed out of the curd.
1560, Gheeraert Vorselman, Eenen nyeuwen Coock Boeck, Antwerpen, page 208:
Neempt dye wronghelen in een korfken ende laetse uutleken, ende wanneer ghi den kase opdient, soo doeter soeten room op.- Put the curd into a basket and allow it to drain, and when you serve the cheese, put sweet cream on it.
1895, G. Reinders, Handboek voor den Nederlandschen Landbouw en de Veeteelt, page 290:
De gestolde kaasstof, nu veelal wrongel genoemd, wordt door drukken en wringen van de aanhangende wei zooveel mogelijk bevrijd, verkruimeld, gezouten en in een vat van zeer verschillende gedaante tot eene kaas gevormd...- The solidified casein, nowadays often called curd, is separated as much as possible from the whey clinging to it through squeezing and wringing; it is then crumbled, salted, and shaped into a cheese in barrels of vastly different shapes and sizes...
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