schlag

[shlahg]

noun Viennese Cookery.

whipped cream, used especially as a topping for cake, coffee, etc.

Origin of schlag

< Austrian German Schlag, short for Schlagobers whipped cream, equivalent to German Schlag blow (noun corresponding to schlagen to strike, hit; see slay) + Austrian German Obers (compare German ober upper¹)

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He does the same when one says, "Schlag auf das Buch" (Strike upon the book).
The Mind of the Child, Part II
W. Preyer