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Spatz
German · medieval
"a little sparrow"
literally little sparrow, a playful name for the small, irregular egg noodle
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spaetzle
English · 1900s
"a small, soft egg noodle"
adopted directly for the small, soft egg noodle of southern Germany and Austria
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