שניטקע
Yiddish
Etymology
Probably שניט (shnit) + ־קע (-ke). Compare also German Schnitte (“slice of bread; sandwich”) and Schnittchen (“open sandwich”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃnɪtkə/
Noun
שניטקע • (shnitke) f, plural שניטקעס (shnitkes)
- sandwich, canapé
- Synonyms: סענדוויטש (sendvitsh), פּוטערברויט (puterbroyt), בוטערבראָד (buterbrod)
Derived terms
- אָפֿענע שניטקע (ofene shnitke, “open-faced sandwich”)
- געבראָטענע קעז־שניטקע (gebrotene kez-shnitke), געפּרעגלטע קעז־שניטקע (gepreglte kez-shnitke)
- העראָ־שניטקע (hero-shnitke)
- וויקל־שניטקע (vikl-shnitke), געוויקלטע שניטקע (geviklte shnitke, “wrap”)
- טונפֿיש־שניטקע (tunfish-shnitke)
- כּזית־שניטקע (kazayes-shnitke, “canapé, hors d'oeuvre”)
- שניטקע־מאַכער (shnitke-makher)
References
- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008), “šnitke”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slównik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 756
- Beinfeld, Solon; Bochner, Harry (2013), “שניטקע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “sandwich”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN