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Zuckerwasser

sugar water

noun TSOO-ker-vas-ser Rare
Food & Drink Drinks

Also means

simple syrup solution

Usage Note

Zuckerwasser literally means water with dissolved sugar, used both as a plain sweet drink given to children and as a culinary term for simple syrup solution in baking and cocktail-making. Used uncountably.

Examples

"Früher bekamen Kleinkinder bei Blähungen manchmal warmes Zuckerwasser."

Natural Translation

In the past, toddlers were sometimes given warm sugar water for wind.

Literal Translation

Earlier got toddlers with bloating sometimes warm sugar water.

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