Pretzel Definition

prĕtsəl
pretzels
noun
A usually hard, brittle biscuit made from a slender roll of dough heavily sprinkled with salt and typically baked in the form of a loose knot or as a stick.
Webster's New World

Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.

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Other Word Forms of Pretzel

Noun

Singular:
pretzel
Plural:
pretzels

Origin of Pretzel

  • German Brezel from Middle High German brēzel, prēzel from Old High German brēzila, brezzitella from Medieval Latin bracellus alteration of Medieval Latin brāchiātellus diminutive of Latin bracchiātus having branches like arms (in reference to the traditional form of a pretzel said to be made to look like arms folded in prayer) from bracchium arm from Greek brakhīōn upper arm mregh-u- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Pretzel, Brezel, from Medieval Latin *brachiatellum, from diminutive of Latin bracchium (“arm"); named for the appearance of arms folded in prayer.

    From Wiktionary

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