Usage Note
Rührei is scrambled egg, from rühren (to stir) plus Ei; a breakfast staple. Usually uncountable; the plural Rühreier is rare. Contrast Spiegelei, the fried egg.
Examples
"Zum Frühstück mache ich Rührei mit Schnittlauch."
Natural Translation
For breakfast I make scrambled eggs with chives.
Literal Translation
For-the breakfast make I scrambled-egg with chives.

Free starter pack
Building your German vocabulary?
Get the 100 most common German words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.
Related Words
Explore German by topic