bretzel
French, noun/bʁɛt.sɛl/
bretzel is spelled B-R-E-T-Z-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,169th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bretzel is a French feminine noun meaning “pretzel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Biscuit salé à base de pâte de brioche, spécialité d’Alsace et d’Allemagne en forme de gros nœud”.
What does bretzel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepretzel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Biscuit salé à base de pâte de brioche, spécialité d’Alsace et d’Allemagne en forme de gros nœud. 2. Petit biscuit sec apéritif fabriqué industriellement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bretzel
- bretzels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bretzel?
- /bʁɛt.sɛl/
- \bʁɛt.sɛl\
- \bʁɛt.zɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bretzel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bretzel in French?
bretzel appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).