Schnitzel

See also: schnitzel

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Schnitzel m or n (genitive Schnitzels, plural Schnitzel)

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

Usage notes

• The neuter gender is chiefly Austro-Bavarian.

Synonyms

• Schnipsel (more common)

Derived terms

• Papierschnitzel
• Schnitzeljagd

Related terms

• schnetzeln
• schnitzeln
• schnitzen

Noun

Schnitzel n (genitive Schnitzels, plural Schnitzel)

1. cutlet (slice of filet meat)

Usage notes

• 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).

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

• Holzfällerschnitzel
• Schnitzelfriedhof
• Zigeunerschnitzel

Related terms

• Geschnetzeltes

Descendants

• → Czech: šnycl
• → English: schnitzel
• → Dutch: schnitzel
• → Hebrew: שְׁנִיצֶל
• → Japanese: シュニッツェル (shunittseru)
• → Korean: 슈니첼 (syunichel)
• → Polish: sznycel
• → Portuguese: schnitzel
• → Russian: шни́цель (šnícelʹ)
• → Serbo-Croatian: šnìcl, шнѝцл

See also

• Steak

Further reading

• “Schnitzel” in Duden online