pepparkaka

Swedish

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

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

References

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