Crumbs
The word crumb is a diminutive of the term crumb . A crumb (plural: crumbs ) denotes a small, misshapen piece, usually broken off from a larger whole. These are mostly cake or bread crumbs.
In Middle High German, crumb denoted the soft part of something. This is where the meaning that the inner part of bread and baked goods is named comes from, which is still used today . In contrast to the term Krümel or Krumen, which is mainly known in the northern German-speaking area, the word Brösel (plural: Brösel) is mainly found in southern Germany and Austria . The two terms are synonymous . Crumbs also refer to the breadcrumbs obtained from dry rolls with the help of a grater, which is used as breadcrumbs .
The word Brosame (plural: Brosamen ) comes from the Old High German term bros [a] ma , (Middle High German bros [e] me ) and means something like “triturated” or “crumbled”. The words "crumbs" (mhd. Brosemlin ) or "crumble" come from it. Among other things, the word can be found in fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm , e.g. B. in " Hansel and Gretel ". Here the children scatter crumbs to find their way back from the forest. Martin Luther also used the word "Brosame" in his translation of the Bible . Today the term “Brosame” is found almost exclusively in Baden-Württemberg .
In German-speaking Switzerland , (bread) crumbs are called Brösmeli or Krumel . There was also a Christian magazine there called Crumbs from the Lord's Table .
The Cookie Monster from Sesame Street that likes cookies eating was, into German as Cookie Monster translated.
literature
- Krümel: Meyers enzyklopädisches Lexikon Volume 31, The large dictionary of the German language G − N , Mannheim Vienna, Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-411-01832-1 , p. 1591
- Brosame: Meyers enzyklopädisches Lexikon Volume 31, The large dictionary of the German language A − F , Mannheim Vienna, Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-411-01831-3 , p. 434