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kneidel

kneidel 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 kneidel

pluralkneidels

Questions about kneidel

What is kneidel the alternative spelling of?
Kneidel is the alternative spelling of knaidel.

Words near kneidel in the dictionary

  1. kneestones
  2. kneesy
  3. kneetop
  4. kneetops
  5. Knefel
  6. kneidel
  7. kneidels
  8. kneidl
  9. kneidlach
  10. kneidls
  11. Kneip

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