крендель

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крендель

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krengel, variant of Kringel.

Pronunciation

Noun

кре́ндель (kréndelʹm anim or m inan (genitive кре́нделя, nominative plural кре́ндели or кренделя́*, genitive plural кре́нделей or кренделе́й*, diminutive кренделёк or кренделёчек) (* more common)

  1. pretzel, krendel
    выпи́сывать кренделя́vypísyvatʹ krendeljáto stagger, to lurch
    • 1899, Максим Горький , Двадцать шесть и одна; English translation from Twenty-Six and One, New York: J. F. Taylor & Company, 1902:
      Мы встава́ли в пять часо́в утра́, не успе́в вы́спаться, и — тупы́е, равноду́шные — в шесть уже́ сади́лись за стол де́лать кре́ндели из те́ста, пригото́вленного для нас това́рищами в то вре́мя, когда́ мы ещё́ спа́ли.
      My vstaváli v pjatʹ časóv utrá, ne uspév výspatʹsja, i — tupýje, ravnodúšnyje — v šestʹ užé sadílisʹ za stol délatʹ kréndeli iz tésta, prigotóvlennovo dlja nas továriščami v to vrémja, kogdá my ješčó spáli.
      We rose at five o'clock in the morning, without having had enough sleep, and, dull and indifferent, we seated ourselves by the table at six to make biscuits out of the dough, which had been prepared for us by our companions while we were asleep.
  2. (slang, derogatory, animate) guy

Declension

Descendants

  • English: krendel

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