Schwammerl

== Bavarian == === Etymology === Diminutive of Schwåmm, from Middle High German swamme, swam, swamp, from Old High German swamp, from Proto-West Germanic *swamm, from Proto-Germanic *swambaz, *swammaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃvɑmɐl/ Hyphenation: Schwam‧merl === Noun === Schwammerl n or m (plural Schwammerln) (cooking) mushroom Synonyms: Puiz, Pülz, Püüz, Schwåmm (derogatory) idiot, bungler ==== Usage notes ==== The masculine gender is common in Bavaria, everywhere else the neuter gender is more common. ==== Derived terms ==== Eierschwammerl == German == === Etymology === From Bavarian Schwammerl, from Middle High German swamme, swam, swamp, from Old High German swamp, from Proto-West Germanic *swamm, from Proto-Germanic *swambaz, *swammaz. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Schwammerl n (strong or mixed, genitive Schwammerls, plural Schwammerl or Schwammerln) (Austria, Bavaria, cooking) mushroom (Austria, Bavaria, colloquial, derogatory) fool ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Schwammerl” in Duden online “Schwammerl”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)