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Laugenbrezel

pretzel; lye-baked soft pretzel

noun LOW-gen-bre-tsel Rare
Food & Drink Dishes

Usage Note

Laugenbrezel is the classic German soft pretzel, given its shiny deep-brown crust by dipping in a lye (Lauge) solution before baking. It is a staple of Bavarian bakeries and beer gardens, sprinkled with coarse salt.

Examples

"Zum Weißbier gehört im Biergarten eine frische Laugenbrezel."

Natural Translation

A fresh pretzel goes with a wheat beer in the beer garden.

Literal Translation

To-the wheat-beer belongs in-the beer-garden a fresh lye-pretzel.

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