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Pretzel Emoji

Unicode Code Point	U+1F968 1F968
Emoji Name	pretzel
Unicode Version Date Added for Emoji	5.0June 2017
Category	Food & Drink Food Prepared
Keywords	pretzelfoodsnackbaked

The 🥨 emoji depicts a pretzel, a type of baked bread product made from dough most commonly shaped into a knot.

It is often sprinkled with coarse salt and can be soft or hard.

This emoji primarily represents snacks, baked goods, German culture, and comfort food.

It symbolizes simplicity, tradition, and a satisfying treat.

It can be used to talk about enjoying a snack, visiting a bakery, or in contexts related to German festivals like Oktoberfest.

This emoji is commonly used when discussing:

Snacks and Food: To refer to pretzels as a snack, especially during casual eating.
Baked Goods: In contexts related to bakeries, bread, or baking.
German Culture: Often associated with German cuisine, beer gardens, and festivals like Oktoberfest.
Comfort Food: To signify a simple, satisfying, and often nostalgic treat.
Twists and Turns: Metaphorically, to describe something complicated or convoluted, like a "pretzel logic."

Region	Common Meaning	Additional Notes or Misunderstandings
Global	Snack, baked good	Universally understood as the pretzel snack.
Germany/Bavaria	Traditional food, beer gardens	Deeply rooted in German and Bavarian culinary traditions, often served with beer.
United States	Street food, mall snack	Popular as a street food, especially soft pretzels, and a common snack in shopping malls.
Figurative Use	"Twisted," complicated	Can be used metaphorically to describe something convoluted or difficult to understand, like "pretzel logic."