# die Nudel

die Nudel is a German noun meaning “pasta”. Forms: der Nudel, die Nudeln.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Nudel
- Plural: die Nudeln

## In other languages

- Русский: гастрон. лапша, вермишель, макароны
- Українська: локшина

## Meanings

1. a noodle, a string or lump of pasta
2. _in the plural_ pasta
3. _in-compounds_ certain other kinds of pastries
4. _colloquial_ a person, usually female, who is funny and cheerful, especially when also having a pleasantly plump, buxom figure
5. noodle; pasta
   - Die längste Nudel der Welt war 180 Meter lang.
6. nut
   - Aber du bist eine verrückte Nudel.
7. _colloquial_ penis; cock; dick
   - Willst du mal meine Nudel anfassen?

## Examples

- Zum Mittagessen gibt es oft Reis oder Nudeln. — Lunch is often rice or pasta.
- Tom kann keine Nudeln kochen. — Tom doesn't know how to cook pasta.
- Mein Lieblingsgericht sind Nudeln mit Spinat. — My favourite dish is pasta with spinach.
- Tom ißt gerne Nudeln. — Tom likes pasta.
- Ich esse gerade Nudeln. — I am eating noodles.

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