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spaghetti
A type of long, thin, string-shaped pasta made from durum wheat semolina. The term refers both to the pasta itself and to the dish prepared from it.
Zum Abendessen gibt es heute Spaghetti mit Tomatensoße.
For dinner today, we're having spaghetti with tomato sauce.
The word 'Spaghetti' is a plural form from Italian. Therefore, the verb in the sentence must always be plural too.
Die Spaghetti sind fertig, wir können essen!
The spaghetti is ready; we can eat!
Although there is a singular form ('der Spaghetto'), it is almost never used in German. People always speak of 'den Spaghetti' (the spaghetti), even if they mean just a single noodle.
Oh, du hast eine Spaghetti auf deinem Pullover.
Oh, you have a piece of spaghetti on your sweater.
Common verbs used in connection with 'Spaghetti' are 'kochen' (to cook) and 'essen' (to eat). The type of sauce is often mentioned directly as well.
Ich koche heute Abend Spaghetti für meine Freunde.
I'm cooking spaghetti for my friends tonight.
noodle
'die Nudel' and 'die Spaghetti' both belong to the topic of food and can therefore be easy to confuse. 'Nudel' is the general umbrella term for many shapes of pasta, for example short, wide, or filled noodles. 'Spaghetti' are a specific type: long, thin noodles. So you can say: spaghetti are noodles, but not every noodle is spaghetti. If the shape is important, 'Spaghetti' is more precise; if the type does not matter, 'Nudeln' is enough.
Am Abend gibt es Spaghetti mit Tomatensoße und frischem Basilikum.
In the evening, we're having spaghetti with tomato sauce and fresh basil.
Ich koche heute Nudeln mit Gemüse, weil die Kinder schnell essen müssen.
Today I'm cooking pasta with vegetables because the children need to eat quickly.