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Spätzle

German, noun/ˈʃpɛt͡slə/

Spätzle is spelled S-P-Ä-T-Z-L-E (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spätzle is a German neuter noun meaning “spaetzle (southern German kind of noodles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schwäbische Nudeln”.

What does Spätzle mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterspaetzle (southern German kind of noodles)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. schwäbische Nudeln

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Spätzle

  • Spätzles genitive
  • Spätzlen dative definite plural
  • Spätzli variant Swiss Standard German

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Spätzle?

  • /ˈʃpɛt͡slə/
  • [ˈʃpɛt͡slə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Spätzle

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Spätzle in German?

Spätzle appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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