schnecken
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- noun
- /ˈʃnɛkən/
- US
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schnecken
Examples
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Perhaps one more schnecken for the road.
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Chocolate schnecken.
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When the schnecken beckons...
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At breakfast, I enjoy a warm schnecken with my coffee.
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She brought a box of schnecken filled with cinnamon and nuts to the party.
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The bakery's famous schnecken are always sold out by the afternoon.
Synonyms
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A sweet baked roll covered in sticky sugar and often nuts
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A sweet sticky pastry like a spiral roll flavored with honey and cinnamon
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A sweet sticky pastry made with honey or sugar eaten as a snack
A small sweet roll filled with sticky caramel and nuts
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Schnecken comes from the German word Schnecke, which means 'snail', because the pastry is rolled into a spiral like a snail shell. That's why schnecken are sweet slices of rolled dough, often with nuts and sugar, that look like little snails.