Kipfl

German

Alternative forms

• Kipfel

Etymology

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

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
  • → English: kifli
• → Sicilian: chìffili