Zwieback

See also: zwieback

German

Etymology

From zwie- (“twice”) + backen (“bake”): twice-baked, a calque of Italian biscotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sviːbak/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Zwieback m (strong, genitive Zwiebackes or Zwiebacks, plural Zwiebacke or Zwiebäcke)

1. zwieback (toasted sweetened bread) [from 15th c.]

Declension

Declension of Zwieback [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zwieback	die	Zwiebacke, Zwiebäcke
genitive	eines	des	Zwiebackes, Zwiebacks	der	Zwiebacke, Zwiebäcke
dative	einem	dem	Zwieback, Zwiebacke1	den	Zwiebacken, Zwiebäcken
accusative	einen	den	Zwieback	die	Zwiebacke, Zwiebäcke

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• → English: zwieback
• → Hunsrik: Zwieback

Further reading

• “Zwieback” in Duden online
• “Zwieback”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Hunsrik

Etymology

From German Zwieback, from Italian biscotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sviːpak/
• Rhymes: -iːpak
• Hyphenation: Zwie‧back

Noun

Zwieback m (plural Zwieback)

1. zwieback

References

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Zwieback”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 183