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 (Austria, southern Germany) n (strong, genitive Schnitzels, plural Schnitzel)

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

   Synonym: (more common) Schnipsel

Usage notes

• The neuter gender is chiefly used for the dish. The masculine gender is used for scraps of material (e.g. wood, paper).

Declension

Declension of Schnitzel [masculine // neuter (Austria, southern Germany), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Schnitzel	die	Schnitzel
genitive	eines	des	Schnitzels	der	Schnitzel
dative	einem	dem	Schnitzel	den	Schnitzeln
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Schnitzel	die	Schnitzel

Derived terms

• schnitzelartig

Related terms

• Hackschnitzel
• Holzschnitzel
• Papierschnitzel
• Schnitzeljagd
• schnetzeln
• schnitzeln
• schnitzen

Noun

Schnitzel n (strong, 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).
  • In Switzerland the term Pläzli is used for cutlet and the breaded cutlet meaning is most often associated with English schnitzel.

Declension

Declension of Schnitzel [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Schnitzel	die	Schnitzel
genitive	eines	des	Schnitzels	der	Schnitzel
dative	einem	dem	Schnitzel	den	Schnitzeln
accusative	ein	das	Schnitzel	die	Schnitzel

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

• Holzfällerschnitzel
• Schnitzelfriedhof
• Schnipo
• 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
• → Turkish: şnitzel

See also

• Steak

Further reading

• “Schnitzel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schnitzel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schnitzel” in Duden online
• Schnitzel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de