gefilte fish

ge·fil·te fish

gefilte fish

chopped fish mixed with chopped onion, egg, seasoning, etc. and boiled, orig. in a casing of the fish skin: it is usually served cold in the form of balls or cakes

Origin of gefilte fish

eastern; English Yiddish from gefilte, inflected adjective form of past participle of filn, to fill + fish, fish

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gefilte fish

noun

Finely chopped fish, usually whitefish, pike, or carp, mixed with crumbs, eggs, and seasonings, cooked in a broth in the form of balls or oval-shaped cakes, and usually served chilled.

Origin of gefilte fish

Yiddish gefilt past participle of filn to fill, stuff ( from Middle High German vüllen ) ( from Old High German fullen ; see pelə¹ in Indo-European roots.) fish fish ( from Middle High German visch ) ( from Old High German fisc )

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Noun

(uncountable)

A dish of stuffed fish, or of fish cakes in broth.

Origin

Yiddish געפֿילטע־פֿיש (gefilte fish, “stuffed fish”), from געפֿילט (gefilt, “stuffed”), from German gefüllter (“stuffed”) + Fisch (“fish”).

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