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Spelling Bee- German
Study words out of myspellit.com- Basic then Challenge
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7th Grade
01/13/2011

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STREUSEL

: a crumbly mixture of fat, sugar, and flour and sometimes nuts and spices that is used as topping or filling for cake
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SAUERBRATEN

: oven-roasted or pot-roasted beef marinated before cooking in vinegar with peppercorns, garlic, onions, and bay leaves
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KOHLRABI

: a cabbage (Brassica oleracea gongylodes) having a greatly enlarged, fleshy, turnip-shaped edible stem; also : its stem used as a vegetable
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KITSCH

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: something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality
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: a tacky or lowbrow quality or condition <teetering on the brink of kitsch — Ron Miller>
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ECHT

: true, genuine <an echt New Yorker>

 

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MEISTERSINGER

: a member of any of various German guilds formed chiefly in the 15th and 16th centuries by workingmen and craftsmen for the cultivation of poetry and music
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BILDUNGSROMAN

: a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character
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VORLAGE

: the position of a skier leaning forward from the ankles usually without lifting the heels from the skis
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GRAUPEL

: granular snow pellets —called also soft hail
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PITCHBLENDE

: a brown to black mineral that consists of massive uraninite, has a distinctive luster, contains radium, and is the chief ore-mineral source of uranium
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STOLLEN

: a sweet yeast bread of German origin containing fruit and nuts
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SCHADENFREUDE

: enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
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SCHOTTISCHE

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: a round dance resembling a slow polka
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: music for the schottische
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[shnek-uh]
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SCHNECKE
sweet, spiral, snail-shaped rolls made from raised dough with chopped nuts, butter, and cinnamon.
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