Meaning of brezel | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare form of pretzel.

form-of, rare

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Examples

“To the same end⟳, old women tottered through the crowd, bowed down under the weight of heavy baskets of salted brezels and hazelnuts, which met ready sale.”

“The Welcome⟳ Party on Tuesday, August 14, with free wine, beer, and brezels, and the Come-Together Party on Sunday evening with free beer, have⟳ been accepted very well.”

“You can choose⟳ between Nut and Almond Cookies, Spicy Slices and Almond Meringue Pyramids, or if your appetite is a bit larger, Ricotta and Apple Pasties with Brazil nuts, and Wheat Dumplings with Mozzarella filling. Then there’s something Christmassy with Cinnamon Stars, Honey Brezels and Spekulatius.”

“In Germany, brezels have⟳ for centuries been a common snack food for eating with beer. A brezel is made from a thin roll of bread dough which is bent into a U-shape, the arms twisted together and then folded over to make⟳ two loops (as of the arms of a child in prayer, and for this reason⟳ they were often given to children as a reward⟳.)”

“Relishing every moment, ‘Chips’ [Henry Channon] described the Göring party as ‘fantastic’, with ‘roundabouts, cafés with beer and champagne, peasants dancing and “schuplattling”,^([sic]) vast women carrying brezels and beer, a ship, a beerhouse, crowds of gay, laughing people'.”

“The oven had to be free from smells before it could be commissioned to bake bread, bread buns, brezels and even meat.”

“Patisserie tray / For rolls, brezels and small pastries.”

“When we flew back to Jakarta from Germany our cases were full: black bread, brezels, cheese of various degrees of pungency, charcuterie, schnaps, books – they were all there.”

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