Brezel

• Brätzel, Pretzel
• Bretzel (Switzerland)
• Breze, Brezen, Brezn (southern Germany, Austria)

From Middle High German brēzel, from Old High German brezitella, from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus (“small cake”), from Latin bracchiātus (“have branches like arms”), from bracchium (“arm”) + -ātus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbreːtsəl/, [ˈbʁeːt͡sl̩]

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1. pretzel; any kind of baked good in the form of a loose knot

   Das alte Zunftzeichen der Bäcker ist die Brezel.

   The ancient guild-symbol of the baker is a pretzel.

• Mostly feminine, but neuter in some regions including Austria.

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• Fastenbrezel
• Laugenbrezel
• Martinsbrezel
• Salzbrezel
• Zuckerbrezel

• → English: pretzel
• → French: bretzel
• → Polish: precel
• → Russian: бре́цель (brécelʹ)

• “Brezel” in Duden online
• Brezel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Brezel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache