pannkaka

Swedish

en hög pannkakor [the typical kind in Sweden, similar to English pancakes or crepes, sometimes called "Swedish pancakes" in English]

Etymology

panna +‎ kaka. Compare Danish pandekage, German Pfannkuchen.

Noun

pannkaka c

1. a pancake (thin batter cake)
2. a flop or fiasco (failure to meet expectations)

Usage notes

• American pancakes are more akin to thick, leavened plättar (though still usually called "amerikanska pannkakor" in Swedish).
• Often topped with cream or ice cream and/or jam.
• Sometimes had as a kind of dessert after pea soup (ärtsoppa), traditionally on a Thursday.

Declension

Declension of pannkaka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pannkaka	pannkakas
	definite	pannkakan	pannkakans
plural	indefinite	pannkakor	pannkakors
	definite	pannkakorna	pannkakornas

Derived terms

• bli pannkaka av alltihop
• fläskpannkaka
• marsch pannkaka
• platt som en pannkaka
• rund som en pannkaka
• tjockpannkaka
• tunnpannkaka
• ugnspannkaka
• upp som en sol, ner som en pannkaka

 

See also

• lagg

References

• pannkaka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pannkaka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pannkaka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)