kroepoek

English

Alternative forms

• krupuk

Noun

kroepoek (plural kroepoeks or kroepoek)

1. An Indonesian (Javanese) shrimp cracker, made from tapioca flour, salt, ground shrimps and various spices.
   • 1971, E. M. Beekman, Lame duck‎^[1], page 112:

     Dipped in seething oil, kroepoek cockles like burning pink paper.

   • 1988, Johanna Bates, Let's Go Dutch‎^[2], page 111:

     They are very hard and flat and, to put it plainly, uninteresting looking until they are deep-fried. Kroepoek is a traditional part of a rice table.

   • 2008, Sarah Ainley, Around the world in 450 recipes‎^[3], page 116:

     In Indonesia one can find a wide range of kroepoek (the 'oe' spelling betrays the Dutch influence).

Synonyms

• prawn cracker
• shrimp cracker

Translations

Indonesian shrimp crackers

• Dutch: kroepoek (nl) m
• German: Krabbenbrot n, Krabbenchip m
• Indonesian: kerupuk (id)
• Malay: keropok

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦿꦸꦥꦸꦏ꧀ (krupuk), from Old Javanese kurupuk (“a crunchy flake”). Compare to Malay keropok, Indonesian kerupuk, and Tagalog kropek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkru.puk/

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• Hyphenation: kroe‧poek

Noun

kroepoek m (uncountable)

1. prawn crackers, or any other deep-fried crackers from Indonesian (Javanese) cuisine.

Descendants

• → English: kroepoek
• → Papiamentu: krupuk

Indonesian

Noun

kroepoek (first-person possessive kroepoekku, second-person possessive kroepoekmu, third-person possessive kroepoeknya)

1. (pre-1947) obsolete spelling of kerupuk.