schlag

American  

[shlahg] / ʃlɑg /

noun

Viennese Cooking.

1. whipped cream, used especially as a topping for cake, coffee, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of schlag

< Austrian German Schlag, short for Schlagobers whipped cream, equivalent to German Schlag blow (noun corresponding to schlagen to strike, hit; slay ) + Austrian German Obers (compare German ober upper ¹ )

Example Sentences

And, if you are still not convinced you’ve left the land of cheesecake and schlag, the exemplary sticky toffee pudding should do the trick.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2021

Clouds of schlag dress coffee and chocolate drinks and more than a dozen desserts, as dazzling as Klimts, beckon from a display.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2019

Signals that a customer has a question or request don’t get picked up as quickly; the canned jokes about spinach and schlag don’t flow as freely.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2019

Wrote the International Herald Tribune's David Stevens in one of the more merciful reviews: "A Slavic sour cream lay over the proceedings in place of Viennese schlag."

From Time Magazine Archive

"I guess we are due for a schlag somewheres, ain't it?"

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