Spiegelei
See also: spiegelei
German
editEtymology 1
editFrom Spiegel (“mirror”) + Ei (“egg”). Probably a loan translation of earlier French œuf miroir, œuf au miroir, possibly through Dutch spiegelei.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSpiegelei n (strong, genitive Spiegeleis, plural Spiegeleier)
- fried egg
- Synonym: Ochsenauge
- 2013, Barbara Friedl-Stocks, Lexa – Verhext und weggezaubert!, Thienemann Verlag (publ.).
- Lexa briet inzwischen ihre Spiegeleier und aß sie rasch auf, weil sie so wenig Zeit wie möglich verlieren wollte.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
edit- Fried eggs are commonly served sunny side up in German-speaking Europe. The contrary may be specified as gewendetes Spiegelei or umgedrehtes Spiegelei. There is no terminology for over easy, over medium, etc.
Declension
editDeclension of Spiegelei [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Spiegelei | die | Spiegeleier |
genitive | eines | des | Spiegeleis | der | Spiegeleier |
dative | einem | dem | Spiegelei | den | Spiegeleiern |
accusative | ein | das | Spiegelei | die | Spiegeleier |
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editSpiegelei f (genitive Spiegelei, plural Spiegeleien)
- (rare) the act of mirroring or reflecting
- Synonym: Spiegelung
- 1990, Gustav Sichelschmidt, Allein mit meinem Zauberwort. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Eine Biographie, Droste (publ.), page 330.
- Der alte, noch agile Freiherr, der politisch einen entschiedenen Konservatismus vertritt, bringt immer etwas vom Getöse der in diesem Winter in Aufruhr geratenen Welt mit sich, wenn er in die Spiegelei einkehrt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editDeclension of Spiegelei [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Spiegelei | die | Spiegeleien |
genitive | einer | der | Spiegelei | der | Spiegeleien |
dative | einer | der | Spiegelei | den | Spiegeleien |
accusative | eine | die | Spiegelei | die | Spiegeleien |
Further reading
edit- “Spiegelei” in Duden online
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