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All emoji Food & Drink Pretzel emoji π₯¨ THE EXPRESSION A little character, ready to copy. The food guide Pretzel emoji π₯¨ π₯¨ is the pretzel: a twisted brown pretzel with salt. It means pretzels, Oktoberfest and Germany β beer gardens with πΊ, Bavarian food, American soft pretzels at theβ¦
Published 28 September 2026 Β· Updated 28 September 2026
01 Emoji & variations 02 Meaning & use 03 Questions A little context What the pretzel π₯¨ emoji means π₯¨ is the pretzel: a twisted brown pretzel with salt. It means pretzels, Oktoberfest and Germany β beer gardens with πΊ, Bavarian food, American soft pretzels at the ballpark β and twisted : bending over backwards, a knotty problem, yoga jokes. Added in Emoji 5.0 (2017). Partners: πΊ beer , π©πͺ Germany , π§ salt .
Unicode name: pretzel Β· U+1F968 Β· Emoji 5.0 (2017) Β· group: Food & Drink.
IN A MESSAGE Oktoberfest weekend π₯¨πΊ prost
How people use it Oktoberfest and Germany: beer gardensSnacks: soft pretzels, salty snacksTwisted: yoga, bending over backwardsBallparks: stadium foodCompare the options Emoji Name Notes pretzelU+1F968 Pretzel beer mugU+1F37A Beer flag: GermanyU+1F1E9 U+1F1EA Germany saltU+1F9C2 Salt baguette breadU+1F956 Bread
Questions people ask What does π₯¨ mean? A pretzel β Oktoberfest, snacks, or being twisted into knots.
When was π₯¨ added? 2017, Emoji 5.0.
Which emoji for Oktoberfest? π₯¨ πΊ π©πͺ and πͺ.
About this guide Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed 28 September 2026 . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us , or read how the directory is made .
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Shortcodes π₯¨ pretzel :pretzel:πΊ beer mug :beer:π©πͺ flag: Germany :de:π§ salt :salt:π hot dog :hotdog:π₯ baguette bread :baguette_bread:
Keywords convoluted, twisted, alcohol, ale, bar, beer, booze, drink, drinking, drinks, mug, octoberfest, oktoberfest, pint, stein, summer, flag, germany
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π₯¨ in other languages Names in other languages Spanish bretzel French bretzel German Brezel Italian pretzel Portuguese pretzel Dutch pretzel Polish precel Turkish pretzel Russian ΠΊΡΠ΅Π½Π΄Π΅Π»Ρ Arabic Ψ¨Ψ±ΩΨͺΨ²Ω Hindi ΰ€ͺΰ₯ΰ€°ΰ₯ΰ€ΰ€ΰ€Όΰ₯ΰ€² Indonesian pretzel Japanese γγ¬γγγ§γ« Korean νλ μ²Ό Chinese ζ€ηε·ι₯Ό
Official CLDR names, as used by keyboards and screen readers in each language.
Developer codes for π₯¨ Developer codes Unicode U+1F968HTML entity (decimal) 🥨HTML entity (hex) 🥨CSS content "\1F968"JavaScript / JSON \u{1F968}JavaScript (UTF-16) \uD83E\uDD68Python \U0001F968URL-encoded %F0%9F%A5%A8UTF-8 bytes F0 9F A5 A8
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