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{{also|Zwieback}} |
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==English== |
==English== |
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[[Image:Zwieback_auf_Holzbrett.jpg|thumb| |
[[Image:Zwieback_auf_Holzbrett.jpg|thumb|Zwieback]] |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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# A usually sweetened [[bread]] [[enriched]] with eggs that is [[baked]] and then [[sliced]] and toasted until [[dry]] and [[crisp]]; considered easy to [[digest]] and therefore given to the [[ill]] and used as a [[teething]] [[food]] for [[toddler]]s. |
# A form of [[rusk]], usually sweetened [[bread]] [[enriched]] with eggs that is [[baked]] and then [[sliced]] and toasted until [[dry]] and [[crisp]]; considered easy to [[digest]] and therefore given to the [[ill]] and used as a [[teething]] [[food]] for [[toddler]]s. |
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#* Ogden Nash, ''Adventures Of Isabel'' |
#* Ogden Nash, ''Adventures Of Isabel'' |
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#*: She nibbled the '''zwieback''' that she always fed off,<br>And when it was gone, she cut the giant's head off. |
#*: She nibbled the '''zwieback''' that she always fed off,<br>And when it was gone, she cut the giant's head off. |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korppu}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korppu}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Zwieback|m}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Zwieback|m}} |
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* Italian: {{t|it|fetta biscottata}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|suchar|m}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|suchar|m}} |
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* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pesmet|m}} |
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pesmet|m}} |
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====References==== |
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Latest revision as of 03:08, 2 May 2024
See also: Zwieback
English
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Etymology
[edit]From German Zwieback, from zwie- (“twi-, two-”) + backen (“to bake”) (i.e “twice-baked”), a calque of Italian biscotto (but not to be confused with it).[1]
Noun
[edit]zwieback (countable and uncountable, plural zwiebacks)
- A form of rusk, usually sweetened bread enriched with eggs that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp; considered easy to digest and therefore given to the ill and used as a teething food for toddlers.
- Ogden Nash, Adventures Of Isabel
- She nibbled the zwieback that she always fed off,
And when it was gone, she cut the giant's head off.
- She nibbled the zwieback that she always fed off,
- Ogden Nash, Adventures Of Isabel
Translations
[edit]Translations
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “zwieback”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.; though it gives Zweiback as the source.
