pepparkaka

Swedish

pepparkakor (the most typical look)

decorated pepparkakor.

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛparˌkɑːka/

• Audio (Kronoberg):

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Noun

pepparkaka c

1. (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

Declension of pepparkaka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pepparkaka	pepparkakas
	definite	pepparkakan	pepparkakans
plural	indefinite	pepparkakor	pepparkakors
	definite	pepparkakorna	pepparkakornas

Derived terms

• pepparkaksgubbe
• pepparkaksgumma
• pepparkakshus

References

• “pepparkaka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “pepparkaka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “pepparkaka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)