Definition of spaetzle in English:
spaetzle
(also spätzle)
plural nounˈʃpɛtsləˈʃpɛts(ə)l-slē
treated as singular or plural Small dumplings of a type made in southern Germany and Alsace, consisting of seasoned dough poached in boiling water.
（德国南部和法国阿尔萨斯地方的一种在沸水中煮熟的加调料的）鸡蛋面疙瘩
Example sentencesExamples
- Divide bacon and spaetzle mixture among plates and top each portion with two pieces pork belly.
- Melt the butter in a skillet, and add boiled spaetzle.
- Thursday night dinners are $115 affairs with such courses as roasted chestnut soup, elk scaloppini or leek spaetzle.
- Most entrées come with the increasingly trendy, notoriously belly-busting egg pasta called spaetzle.
- Danny had the Grilled Quail with chive spaetzle and lentils and that had more flavor, but not a ton of meat.
Origin
From German dialect Spätzle, literally 'little sparrows'.