Schnitzel

From Schnitz (“cut-off piece”). Pertaining to schneiden (“to cut”). The culinary sense spread from Austria and was therefore adopted in the regional neuter gender.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnɪtsəl/, [ˈʃnɪtsəl], [ˈʃnɪtsl̩]

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Schnitzel m or (Austria, southern Germany) n (strong, genitive Schnitzels, plural Schnitzel)

1. scrap (small piece of paper, etc.)

   Synonym: (more common) Schnipsel

• The neuter gender is chiefly used for the dish. The masculine gender is used for scraps of material (e.g. wood, paper).

• schnitzelartig

• Hackschnitzel
• Holzschnitzel
• Papierschnitzel
• Schnitzeljagd
• schnetzeln
• schnitzeln
• schnitzen

Schnitzel n (strong, genitive Schnitzels, plural Schnitzel)

1. cutlet (slice of filet meat)

• German Schnitzel is not the same as English schnitzel, which is generally taken to be a breaded cutlet. Although this form of preparation is rather common in German-speaking countries, it is by no means definitive of Schnitzel.
• Given the general meaning of the word, the idea that “Schnitzel” is a dish typical of German/Austrian cuisine is unknown to these countries (or has, at most, recently been introduced from the Anglophone world).
  • In Switzerland the term Pläzli is used for cutlet and the breaded cutlet meaning is most often associated with English schnitzel.

• Hähnchenschnitzel
• Jägerschnitzel
• Kalbsschnitzel
• Kinderschnitzel
• Putenschnitzel
• Schweineschnitzel
• Zigeunerschnitzel
• Wiener Schnitzel

• Holzfällerschnitzel
• Schnitzelfriedhof
• Schnipo
• Zigeunerschnitzel

• Geschnetzeltes

• Steak

• “Schnitzel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schnitzel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schnitzel” in Duden online
• Schnitzel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de