schnitzel
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of schnitzel
1850–55, < German: a shaving, derivative of schnitzeln to whittle
Vocabulary lists containing schnitzel
World Cuisine - Introductory
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When you get hungry, take a quick walk to Checker Hall, a neighborhood bar and restaurant that serves California-Mediterranean food such as skewers, turkish chicken and chicken schnitzel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
After a few runs, settle in for a hearty lunch of schnitzel and spinach dumplings cooked in brown butter sauce at Filzalm, a cozy mountain hut perched 4,265 feet above sea level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
But their fried chicken sandwich — made with crumbed chicken schnitzel, tarragon butter, lettuce and housemade pickle mayo on a steamed potato bun — is their bestseller.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025
Klaus Rainer Röhl’s German-language dictionary includes an entry on a pork schnitzel with a questionable name and another on the word acceptance.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2025
Half an hour later he sat at a table in Glauber's restaurant on Grand Street, consuming a dish of paprika schnitzel.
From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague
Hay, the Australian cookbook author and personality, schnitzels not only fish but also eggplant, mushrooms, chicken and cauliflower with simple techniques.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023
A Munich brewpub has found a novel way to beat Europe's cooking oil shortages - letting customers pay for their beer with sunflower oil to ensure plentiful stocks for frying schnitzels.
From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2022
Protesters lined up on Monday for a breakfast of barbecued sausages and schnitzels after surviving a weekend of torrential rain.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2022
Meat is very common in many traditional German dishes, such as schnitzels, bratwurst and pork knuckles.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2021
A ten-pfennig piece buys a noble white radish, and the seller slices it free of charge, slices it with a silver revolving blade into two score thin schnitzels, and puts salt between each adjacent pair.
From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.
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