# schnitzel

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃnɪt.s(ə)l/ · frequency rank #60,447

## Definitions
1. A dish consisting of fried veal cutlet.
2. A Germanic dish of breaded and deep-fried meat cutlet.
3. A cutlet from this dish.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Schnitzel (“cutlet”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/schnitzel