"Spiegelei" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃpiːɡəlˌʔaɪ̯/
Etymology: From Spiegel (“mirror”) + Ei (“egg”). Probably a loan translation of earlier French œuf miroir, œuf au miroir, possibly through Dutch spiegelei. Etymology templates: {{compound|de|Spiegel|Ei|t1=mirror|t2=egg}} Spiegel (“mirror”) + Ei (“egg”), {{der|de|fr|œuf miroir}} French œuf miroir, {{m|fr|œuf au miroir}} œuf au miroir, {{der|de|nl|spiegelei}} Dutch spiegelei Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,er}} Spiegelei n (strong, genitive Spiegeleis, plural Spiegeleier) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,er}} Forms: Spiegeleis [genitive], Spiegeleier [plural], strong [table-tags], Spiegelei [nominative, singular], Spiegeleier [definite, nominative, plural], Spiegeleis [genitive, singular], Spiegeleier [definite, genitive, plural], Spiegelei [dative, singular], Spiegeleiern [dative, definite, plural], Spiegelei [accusative, singular], Spiegeleier [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. fried egg Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Foods Categories (lifeform): Eggs Synonyms: Ochsenauge
    Sense id: en-Spiegelei-de-noun-Y7gVVh45 Disambiguation of Foods: 82 18 Disambiguation of Eggs: 86 14 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German heteronyms, German terms suffixed with -ei Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of German heteronyms: 82 18 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ei: 69 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˌʃpiɡəˈlaɪ̯/
Etymology: From spiegeln + -ei. Etymology templates: {{affix|de|spiegeln|-ei}} spiegeln + -ei Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Spiegelei f (genitive Spiegelei, plural Spiegeleien) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Spiegelei [genitive], Spiegeleien [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Spiegelei [nominative, singular], Spiegeleien [definite, nominative, plural], Spiegelei [genitive, singular], Spiegeleien [definite, genitive, plural], Spiegelei [dative, singular], Spiegeleien [dative, definite, plural], Spiegelei [accusative, singular], Spiegeleien [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (rare) the act of mirroring or reflecting Tags: feminine, rare Synonyms: Spiegelung
    Sense id: en-Spiegelei-de-noun-wvAPXKQO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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