entgräten

to debone (fish), to remove fish bones

verb ent-GRAE-ten Rare

Usage Note

entgräten means to remove the fine bones (Gräten) from fish, either by hand or with special tweezers (Fischgrätenpinzette). It is a standard preparation step in fish cookery and appears in recipe instructions.

Examples

"Der Fisch wurde sorgfältig entgrätet, bevor er mariniert wurde."

Natural Translation

The fish was carefully deboned before it was marinated.

Literal Translation

The fish was carefully deboned, before it marinated was.

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