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Russian
Etymology
кре́ндель (kréndelʹ) + -ёк (-jók)
Pronunciation
Noun
кренделёк • (krendeljók) m inan (genitive кренделька́, nominative plural крендельки́, genitive plural кренделько́в, diminutive кренделёчек)
- (colloquial) diminutive of кре́ндель (kréndelʹ); pretzel, krendel
1886, Антон Чехов , Кошмар; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A Nightmare, 1919:Да́лее Ку́нин ви́дел, как его́ гость взял из суха́рницы оди́н кренделёк, откуси́л от него́ кусо́чек, пото́м поверте́л в рука́х и бы́стро су́нул его́ себе́ в карма́н.- Dáleje Kúnin vídel, kak jevó gostʹ vzjal iz suxárnicy odín krendeljók, otkusíl ot nevó kusóček, potóm povertél v rukáx i býstro súnul jevó sebé v karmán.
- Then Kunin saw his visitor take a biscuit from the cake-basket, nibble a little bit off it, then turn it over in his hand and hurriedly stick it in his pocket.
Declension