n.
Variant: also spätz · le
Pronunciation: ' shpet-sl ə , -s ə l, -sl ē also ' shp ā t-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural spaetzle or spaetzles also spätzle or spätzles
Etymology: German Spätzle, from German dialect, diminutive of Spatz sparrow, dumpling
Date: 1933
: a small dumpling cooked by running batter through a colander into boiling water