קרעפּל

Yiddish

Etymology

From קראַפּ (krap) +‎ ־ל (-l), the former inherited from Middle High German *krappe, Central German variant of krapfe, from Old High German krapho, *krappo (“hook; unciform pastry”). Compare southern German Krapfen, dialectal Kräppel.

Pronunciation

• (Northeastern, Poylish) IPA^(key): [ˈkʁɛpl̩]

Noun

קרעפּל • (krepl) n, plural קרעפּלעך (kreplekh) or קרעפּלאַך (kreplakh)

1. (usually in the plural) a kind of meat or dairy dumpling, kreplach

   קרעפּלעך זאָלסטו (ניט) עסן! ― kreplekh zolstu (nit) esn! ― go to hell! (literally, “you should (not) eat kreplach!”)

Derived terms

• קרעפּלפֿלייש (kreplfleysh)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “קרעפּל” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קרעפּל”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN