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knadel

knadel is the alternative spelling of knaidel.

Meaning of knaidel

Noun

knaidel (plural knaidels or knaidlach or knaidloch)

  1. A type of dumpling made of matzo eaten by Ashkenazi Jews during Passover.
    • There she tests the offending knaydl. Once again the golf ball scoots around the bowl.1982, Bernard Harper Friedman, “Choosing a Name”, in Coming Close: A Novella and Three Stories as Alternative Autobiographies, page 168
    Synonyms:
    matzo ball

Forms of knadel

pluralknadels

Questions about knadel

What is knadel the alternative spelling of?
Knadel is the alternative spelling of knaidel.

Words near knadel in the dictionary

  1. knackless
  2. knacks
  3. knackwurst
  4. knackwursts
  5. knacky
  6. knadel
  7. knadels
  8. knafah
  9. knafahs
  10. knafeh
  11. knag

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