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schlag

[ shlahg ]
/ ʃlɑg /
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noun Viennese Cooking.

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

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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 oberupper1)

Words nearby schlag

schizothymia, schizotrichia, schizotypal personality, schizotypical personality, schizy, schlag, Schlatter-Osgood disease, Schlegel, Schleicher, Schleiden, Schleiermacher
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