pepparkaka
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Swedish
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Freshly_baked_gingerbread_-_Christmas_2004.jpg/220px-Freshly_baked_gingerbread_-_Christmas_2004.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Erimuotoisia_piparkakkuja.jpg/220px-Erimuotoisia_piparkakkuja.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From peppar (“pepper”) + kaka (“cookie”), since pepper was originally an ingredient in the cookies. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål pepperkake, Norwegian Nynorsk peparkake and Danish peberkage.
Noun
[edit]pepparkaka c
- (food) Certain types of gingersnap or gingerbread, traditionally eaten around Christmas, often in the shape of a heart, man, woman, pig, star or similar.
Declension
[edit]Declension of pepparkaka | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pepparkaka | pepparkakan | pepparkakor | pepparkakorna |
Genitive | pepparkakas | pepparkakans | pepparkakors | pepparkakornas |