Schmankerl

German

Etymology

Schmänkelein +‎ -erl apparently, in 19th century cooking books also Schmankel, a culinary term for “was from Brey oder Muß ans Geschirr anbrät, Kruste” according to Schmeller’s Bavarian dictionary, then a kind of pastry from crusts, there explained as an expressive formation to Schmand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃmankɐl/

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• Hyphenation: Schman‧kerl

Noun

Schmankerl n (strong or mixed, genitive Schmankerls, plural Schmankerl or Schmankerln)

1. tidbit (also figurative)

Declension

Declension of Schmankerl [neuter, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Schmankerl	die	Schmankerl, Schmankerln
genitive	eines	des	Schmankerls	der	Schmankerl, Schmankerln
dative	einem	dem	Schmankerl	den	Schmankerln
accusative	ein	das	Schmankerl	die	Schmankerl, Schmankerln

Further reading

• “Schmankerl” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schmankerl” in Duden online
• Schmankerl on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de