kringla
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Swedish kringla (“pretzel”) for the cookie's pretzel-like shape.
Noun[edit]
kringla (plural kringla)
- A slightly sweet Scandinavian cookie usually shaped as a figure eight.
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kringla f (genitive singular kringlu, nominative plural kringlur)
Declension[edit]
declension of kringla
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kringla | kringlan | kringlur | kringlurnar |
accusative | kringlu | kringluna | kringlur | kringlurnar |
dative | kringlu | kringlunni | kringlum | kringlunum |
genitive | kringlu | kringlunnar | kringla/kringlna | kringlanna/kringlnanna |
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “kringla” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Verb[edit]
kringla (present tense kringlar, past tense kringla, past participle kringla, passive infinitive kringlast, present participle kringlande, imperative kringla/kringl)
- alternative form of kringle
Noun[edit]
kringla f (definite singular kringla, indefinite plural kringler or kringlor, definite plural kringlene or kringlone)
Anagrams[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *kringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”).
Noun[edit]
kringla f
Related terms[edit]
- kringlóttr (“round, circular”)
- kringluskurðr (“tonsure”)
- kringlusótt (“the staggers (in sheep)”)
- kringr (“easy”)
- kringja (“encircle, surround”)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
kringla c
- (cooking) a kringle (type of pastry, Nordic variety of pretzel)
- (cooking, informal, by extension) a pretzel
- Synonym: pretzel
- a pretzel (something having a pretzel-like shape)
Declension[edit]
Declension of kringla | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kringla | kringlan | kringlor | kringlorna |
Genitive | kringlas | kringlans | kringlors | kringlornas |
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