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kringla
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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Swedish kringla (“pretzel”) for the cookie's pretzel-like shape.
Noun
kringla (plural kringla)
- A slightly sweet Scandinavian cookie usually shaped as a figure eight.
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kringla f (genitive singular kringlu, nominative plural kringlur)
Declension
Synonyms
Further reading
- “kringla” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
kringla (present tense kringlar, past tense kringla, past participle kringla, passive infinitive kringlast, present participle kringlande, imperative kringla/kringl)
- alternative form of kringle
Noun
kringla f (definite singular kringla, indefinite plural kringler or kringlor, definite plural kringlene or kringlone)
Anagrams
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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”).
Noun
kringla f
Related terms
- kringlóttr (“round, circular”)
- kringluskurðr (“tonsure”)
- kringlusótt (“the staggers (in sheep)”)
- kringr (“easy”)
- kringja (“encircle, surround”)
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
kringla c
- (cooking) a kringle (type of pastry, Nordic variety of pretzel)
- (cooking, informal, by extension) a pretzel
- Synonyms: pretzel, saltkringla
- a pretzel (something having a pretzel-like shape)
Declension
References
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