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Schneidebrett

cutting board

noun SHNY-de-bret Less Common
Home & Lifestyle Utensils

Also means

chopping board

Usage Note

Schneidebrett joins schneiden (to cut) and Brett (board); the variant Schneidbrett drops the linking e. It is neuter and the plural umlauts to Schneidebretter.

Examples

"Schneide die Zwiebel auf dem Schneidebrett."

Natural Translation

Chop the onion on the cutting board.

Literal Translation

Cut the onion on the cutting-board.

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