Kipfl

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German kipfe (“roll of bread”), perhaps related to Old High German kipfa (“axle”), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (“beam, log”),[1] itself possibly borrowed from or related to the source of Latin cippus (“post, stake”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪpfl̩/

Noun

Kipfl n (mixed, genitive Kipfls, plural Kipfln)

  1. (regional, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) croissant
    Synonyms: Hörnchen, Croissant

Declension

Declension of Kipfl [neuter, mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Kipfl die Kipfln
genitive eines des Kipfls der Kipfln
dative einem dem Kipfl den Kipfln
accusative ein das Kipfl die Kipfln

Descendants

  • → Hungarian: kifli
  • → Sicilian: chìffili

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “ Kipfel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “chip”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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