שניטקע

Yiddish

Etymology

Probably שניט (shnit) +‎ ־קע (-ke). Compare also German Schnitte (“slice of bread; sandwich”) and Schnittchen (“open sandwich”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnɪtkə/

Noun

שניטקע • (shnitke) f, plural שניטקעס (shnitkes)

1. sandwich, canapé

   Synonyms: סענדוויטש (sendvitsh), פּוטערברויט (puterbroyt), בוטערבראָד (buterbrod)

Derived terms

• אָפֿענע שניטקע (ofene shnitke, “open-faced sandwich”)
• געבראָטענע קעז־שניטקע (gebrotene kez-shnitke), געפּרעגלטע קעז־שניטקע (gepreglte kez-shnitke)
• העראָ־שניטקע (hero-shnitke)
• כּזית־שניטקע (kazayes-shnitke, “canapé, hors d'oeuvre”)
• שניטקע־⁠מאַכער (shnitke-⁠makher)
• טונפֿיש־שניטקע (tunfish-shnitke)
• וויקל־שניטקע (vikl-shnitke), געוויקלטע שניטקע (geviklte shnitke, “wrap”)

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “šnitke”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 756
• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “שניטקע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “sandwich”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN