Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Eierlöffel
English translation:
EL=Esslöffel, a tablespoonful of
German term
United States
Literature & Scholarship
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: French to English, English, German to English
Eierlöffel
Not sure how to translate it...while "egg spoon" is the direct translation, I don't think many Anglophones would know what to make of it.
It's bigger than a tsp but smaller than a tbsp, right?
| 4 +7 | EL=Esslöffel, a tablespoonful of |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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| 4 -1 | egg spoon |
Erich Friese
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Proposed translations
Japan
Scientia est potentia
Native in: Japanese
Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, and 3 more.
EL=Esslöffel, a tablespoonful of
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=en&searchLoc=0&cmpType...
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Sabine Akabayov, PhD
: Nicole already answered this question and in recipes it's not "a tablespoonful" but "tbsp" or "Tsp"
23 mins
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writeaway
: Asker guessed incorrectly. She guessed egg spoon. And agree sibsab's peer comments.
2 hrs
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Helen Shiner
: Yes, the acronym is tbsp, though not tsp (which is teaspoon) in recipes. It is perfectly possible otherwise to speak of a tablespoon. I don't understand the need to disagree here. Nicole had not posted this as an answer.
6 hrs
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Thank you Helen
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casper (X)
10 hrs
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Thank you casper
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Nicole Y. Adams, M.A.
10 hrs
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Thank you Nicole
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Lonnie Legg
: with Helen.
16 hrs
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Thank you Lonnie
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BirgitBerlin
17 hrs
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Thank you BirgitBerlin
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Susanna Miles
: definitely
1 day 40 mins
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Thank you Susanna
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Rebecca Garber
1 day 10 hrs
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Thank you Rebecca
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Australia
Accurate, fast & never missed a deadline
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: Australian)
Works in: German to English
egg spoon
dictionary entry Langenscheidt
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writeaway
: but EL is also in Langenscheidt and it certainly isn't an egg spoon. It's usually best to translate the German source and not just repeat Asker's own suggestion
50 mins
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David Moore (X)
: Sorry, Erich, but an EL is certainly an "Esslöffel" which is a tablespoon, or dessert spoon
3 hrs
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Discussion
Eierlöffel is not a measuring unit and doesn't have a particular size. It means that it doesn't contain silver or other metals that might oxidize and make your breakfast egg taste like cr..p.