pretzel

• bretzel (dated)
• brezel (rare)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛt.səl/, [ˈpʰɹɛʔt͡sɫ̩]

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• Rhymes: -ɛtsəl

pretzel (plural pretzels)

1. (cooking) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.
2. (by extension) Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.

pretzel (third-person singular simple present pretzels, present participle pretzelling or (US) pretzeling, simple past and past participle pretzelled or (US) pretzeled)

1. (transitive, Canada, US, informal) To bend, twist, or contort.

   Synonyms: bend, twist, contort

   They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.

• pretzelize

• pretzel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɛtsew/

pretzel m (plural pretzels)

1. pretzel (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot)

Derived from English pretzel.

pretzel

1. pretzel

pretzel c

1. a pretzel

   Synonym: (informal) (salt)kringla

• pretzel in Svensk ordbok (SO)