Meaning
[1] Larger things sprinkled with salt or sugar sprinkled or sugar biscuits, the form of which resembles letters B
[1] größeres mit Salz beziehungsweise Zucker bestreutes Laugen- oder Zuckergebäck, dessen Form dem Buchstaben B ähnelt[2] Nabber pastries, which is modeled in its form of a pretzel [1]
[2] Knabbergebäck, das in seiner Form einer Brezel [1] nachempfunden istExamples
[1] The old guild sign of the baker is the pretzele
[1] Das alte Zunftzeichen der Bäcker ist die Brezel.
[1] "The word pretzel is the same everywhere in the world: pretzel or pretzel - we understand that this moment"
[1] „Das Wort Brezel heißt überall auf der Welt gleich: Brezel oder Pretzel – das begreifen wir in diesem Augenblick.“
[2] For beer there are salt sticks, chips and pretzele
[2] Zum Bier gibts Salzstangen, Chips und Brezel.
[3] "Whether sweet or spicy, whether thaler or cornet: with the pretzelieise" Knusper-Traumli "all Brezeli dreams become true"
[3] „Ob süss oder pikant, ob Taler oder Cornet: Mit dem Brezelieisen «Knusper-Träumli» werden alle Brezeli-Träume wahr!“
Grammar note
The standard language use and the assignment of meaning are very regionally different in the Swiss -speaking area in meanings [1] - [3] Brezel and Bretzel (both with feminine genus [the]) are used in importance [2]. 3] Often the reduction in red (t) zeli (with neutral genus [das]). In Austria, the term is primarily for [2] and with a neutral article (that) is common, meaning [1] is expressed (as in southern east Germany) by pretzel or pretzels. In Germany, brezel is in use except in the southeast [1] (with feminine gender).
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Brezel | die Brezeln |
| Genitiv | der Brezel | der Brezeln |
| Dativ | der Brezel | den Brezeln |
| Akkusativ | die Brezel | die Brezeln |
Pronunciation
In context
![[1] eine Brezel](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pretzel_01-14.jpg)
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