Knudel

Etymology
. The word is, of course, comparable to synonymous 🇨🇬, but 🇨🇬 yields Moselle Franconian, which is very rare at most, and Ripuarian , which means “knot, clump”. Knudel, Knidel require Middle High German long vowels (i.e. and, respectively). Moreover, the gender does not match.

It cannot be ruled out that the word for “dumpling” was borrowed from southern dialects regarding the fact that this dish is more typical of southern German cuisine than northern German. On the other hand, the diversity of interrelated kn-words (compare, , , , etc.) makes a neat distinction between individual forms impossible and provides for constant innovation.

Noun

 * 1)  dumpling