Spiegelei

See also: spiegelei

German

Etymology 1

Spiegel (“mirror”) +‎ Ei (“egg”). Probably a loan translation of earlier French œuf miroir, œuf au miroir, possibly through Dutch spiegelei.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃpiːɡəlˌʔaɪ̯/
Hyphenation: Spie‧gel‧ei

Noun

Spiegelei n (genitive Spiegeleis, plural Spiegeleier)

fried egg

Usage notes

Fried eggs are commonly served sunny side up in German-speaking Europe. The contrary may be specified as gewendetes Spiegelei or umgedrehtes Spiegelei. There is no terminology for over easy, over medium, etc.

Declension

Declension of Spiegelei

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Spiegelei	die	Spiegeleier
genitive	eines	des	Spiegeleis	der	Spiegeleier
dative	einem	dem	Spiegelei	den	Spiegeleiern
accusative	ein	das	Spiegelei	die	Spiegeleier

Synonyms

Ochsenauge

Etymology 2

spiegeln +‎ -ei.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌʃpiːɡəˈlaɪ̯/

Noun

Spiegelei f (genitive Spiegelei, plural Spiegeleien)

(rare) the act of mirroring or reflecting

Declension

Declension of Spiegelei

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Spiegelei	die	Spiegeleien
genitive	einer	der	Spiegelei	der	Spiegeleien
dative	einer	der	Spiegelei	den	Spiegeleien
accusative	eine	die	Spiegelei	die	Spiegeleien

Synonyms

Spiegelung

Further reading

Spiegelei in Duden online

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