powidl

See also: Powidl

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Powidl, from Czech povidla.

Noun

powidl (uncountable)

1. A fruit spread prepared by cooking zwetschge plums, similar to jam but traditionally made in Central Europe without additional sweeteners or gelling agents.
   • 2007 May 22, margaret suran, "Re: Seattle Cheese Festival from rec.food.cooking", in rec.food.cooking, Usenet:

     There is also a Bohemian pastry called Buchteln in Vienna. Yeast dough filled with powidl or pot cheese, always baked, of course. Perhaps that got mixed in here, too.

   • 2007 September 20, Victor Sack, “Re: Trip to Penzey's”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet):

     They can have any filling... fruit or berries, jam, powidl (a very thick jam-like plum or prune concoction), curd cheese, any kind of kasha, potatoes, meat or poultry, mushrooms, fish (smoked salmon or lox), etc.

   • 2016 May 2, Kay Lancaster, “Re: OT plums or Prunes”, in alt.sewing (Usenet):

     Bohemian recipes for powidl use prunes (dried plums).

   • 2021 December 8, Józef Hernik, Maria Walczycka, Edward Sankowski, Betty J. Harris, Cultural Heritage—Possibilities for Land-Centered Societal Development, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 66:

     The consistency of powidl is only achieved by evaporating water from the overcooked fruit mash. The traditional method used is to overcook and thicken the fruit mash in copper cauldrons or stone pots (Pisch 1902).

Translations

Translations

• Czech: povidla (cs) n pl
• Estonian: povidlo
• German: Powidl (de) m
• Polish: powidła (pl) nvir, powidło (pl) n

German

Etymology

From the noun Powidl (“plum jam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːvidl̩/

Adjective

powidl (strong nominative masculine singular powidler, not comparable)

1. (Austria, colloquial, predicative only) all the same, unimportant

   Das ist mir powidl. ― I don't care.

Declension

Positive forms of powidl (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist powidl	sie ist powidl	es ist powidl	sie sind powidl
strong declension (without article)	nominative	powidler	powidle	powidles	powidle
	genitive	powidlen	powidler	powidlen	powidler
	dative	powidlem	powidler	powidlem	powidlen
	accusative	powidlen	powidle	powidles	powidle
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der powidle	die powidle	das powidle	die powidlen
	genitive	des powidlen	der powidlen	des powidlen	der powidlen
	dative	dem powidlen	der powidlen	dem powidlen	den powidlen
	accusative	den powidlen	die powidle	das powidle	die powidlen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein powidler	eine powidle	ein powidles	(keine) powidlen
	genitive	eines powidlen	einer powidlen	eines powidlen	(keiner) powidlen
	dative	einem powidlen	einer powidlen	einem powidlen	(keinen) powidlen
	accusative	einen powidlen	eine powidle	ein powidles	(keine) powidlen