schnitzel

noun

schnit·zel ˈshnit-səl

: a seasoned and garnished veal cutlet

Examples of schnitzel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Pounded flat and seasoned with orange juice before being fried in neutral oils, the schnitzel puffed up to a sweet-ish shell almost like an oddly delicious funnel cake. —

Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 27 June 2024 All of the games will be screened both in and outside and there's lots of food options: from chicken schnitzel burgers to haggis bon bons. —

Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 17 June 2024 The dish to order: An impossibly crispy pork schnitzel, topped with golden beets and smoked roe. —

Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2024 Dishes like Bavarian sauerbraten, schnitzel with spaetzle and pork shanks with sauerkraut were regular specials, alongside American steakhouse favorites like New York strip steak, grilled swordfish and chicken piccata. —

Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for schnitzel

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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German Schnitzel, literally, "shaving, chip" (originally regional German—Austria—in the sense "veal cutlet"), diminutive of Schnitz "shaving," going back to Middle High German sniz, snitz, derivative of snitzen "to carve," going back to Germanic *snittōn-, iterative derivative of *snīþan- "to cut" — more at schneid

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of schnitzel was in 1854

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