pretzel
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pretzel
- /ˈpɹɛt.səl/
- [ˈpʰɹɛʔt͡sɫ̩]
Rhymes with -ɛtsəl
Where it comes from
From dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brēzitella, from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus, diminutive of Latin brāchium, bracchium (“arm”); named for the appearance of folded arms.
noun pretzels · brezel · bretzel
- A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot. When I was young, the best Philadelphia could do in the way of combining music and eating—or principally drinking—was at the Mäennerchor Garden at Ninth and Green, where a pretzel might be had with a glass of beer, or a sherry cobbler
- Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled. he drew himself up into a regular pretzel of a boy
verb pretzels · pretzeling · pretzelling · pretzeled · pretzelled
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To bend, twist, or contort.
They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.
Similar: bend, twist, contort, pretzelize, pretzel up
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bretzel, pretzel pillow, pletzel, cracker bread, pletzl, garlic knot, crackerbread, kringle, nut bread, bierock, platzel, cracknel, crackerjack, crouton, nut roast, pizza toast
Translations
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noun toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot
| Español | pretzel, brezel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 브레첼 beurechel, 프레첼 peurechel |
| 日本語 | プレッツェル purettseru |
| 中文 | 德國結 /德国结 Déguójié, 椒鹽捲餅 /椒盐卷饼, 鹽味卷餅 /盐味卷饼 |
| हिन्दी | प्रेट्ज़ल preṭzal |
| Kiswahili | pretseli |
| Português | pretzel |
| Français | bretzel |
| Deutsch | Breze, Brezel, Brezen, Pretzel |
| Italiano | brezel |
| Ελληνικά | κουλούρι kouloúri, μπρέτσελ brétsel |
| Română | covrigel, covrig |
| Русский | кре́ндель kréndelʹ, кренделёк krendeljók, пре́цель précelʹ, бре́цель brécelʹ |
| العربية | عُقْدِيَّة ʕuqdiyya, بْرِيتْزِل brītzil |
| עברית | בייגלה, בֵּיְגָּלֶה béigale |
Talk about this word "pretzel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pretzel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pretzel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pretzel "pretzel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pretzel.Cite this
@misc{pretzel_2026,
title = {pretzel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pretzel},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
