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