knedle
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Boiled ball- or oval-shaped dumplings with a filling, with the dough either being potato-based or made of choux pastry, or sometimes curd-based, and filled with fruits (whole strawberries, prune plums, apricots, pieces of apples), mushrooms, curd cheese, meat, and other ingredients, popular in Central and Eastern European countries, the fruit-filled variant being eaten as dessert, a main dish, or a side dish.
Example Sentences
- "The meal accompanying the beer will probably be what is just about the national dish – a beef or pork goulash in a golden-to-dark gravy with dumplings known as knedle that resemble slices of rectangular, crustless white bread rather than the round balls of dough more familiar to Americans."
- "Knedle, by the way, is a kind of pierogi which, translated literally, means “small pies.” While knedle and kluski are easy to make, knedle can be special ordered from Polish delicatessens that handle catering such as The Polish Place Deli, […] Uncooked knedle can be frozen in airtight containers for up to six months but must be dusted with flour first."
- "Stocked with imported dill pickles, celery salad, grated beets, sauerkraut, and farmer’s cheese, Star Bakery & Deli supplies pierogies, sernik (cheesecake), knedle (plum-filled dumplings), and still more paczki for the road."
- "“My inbox is always open,” says [Alice] Zaslavsky, referencing a direct message she had received that morning from a woman wondering if lamb shmaltz would be too intense for knedle. (The answer was yes.)"
- "At Breaker Breaker, try the pierogi, pyzy (potato dumplings filled with smoked duck), kluski Slaskie with mushroom gravy, rolled pork belly sandwich and strawberry-filled knedle."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: knedle