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kneydel

kneydel 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 kneydel

pluralkneydels

Questions about kneydel

What is kneydel the alternative spelling of?
Kneydel is the alternative spelling of knaidel.

Words near kneydel in the dictionary

  1. knew which side one's bread is buttered on
  2. knew which side one's bread was buttered on
  3. knewest
  4. kneweth
  5. knewst
  6. kneydel
  7. kneydels
  8. kneydl
  9. kneydls
  10. knez
  11. knezes

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