Windbeutel
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Windbeutel m (strong, genitive Windbeutels, plural Windbeutel)
- cream puff (hollow pastry filled with cream or custard)
- Synonyms: (Austria) Brandteigkrapferl, (Switzerland) Ofenküchlein
- (derogatory) fool, idiot
- (derogatory) braggart, showoff
Declension[edit]
Declension of Windbeutel [masculine, strong]
Descendants[edit]
- → Danish: vindbøjtel
- → Polish: wietrznik (calque)
Further reading[edit]
- “Windbeutel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Windbeutel” in Duden online
- “Windbeutel”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Windbeutel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon