jólakaka

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally, “Christmas cake”, a name which was used to refer to fruitcakes which were once (but not anymore) often served during Christmas in Iceland. The name may have carried over to raisin pound cakes since they look somewhat similar and include raisins.

Noun

jólakaka f (genitive singular jólaköku, nominative plural jólakökur)

1. raisin pound cake
2. (obsolete unless when used with the clarifier “ensk jólakaka”) fruit cake

   Synonym: ávaxtakaka

3. (when describing foreign customs) any cake typically served during Christmas

Declension

Declension of jólakaka (feminine, based on kaka)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jólakaka	jólakakan	jólakökur	jólakökurnar
accusative	jólaköku	jólakökuna	jólakökur	jólakökurnar
dative	jólaköku	jólakökunni	jólakökum	jólakökunum
genitive	jólaköku	jólakökunnar	jólakakna, jólakaka	jólakaknanna, jólakakanna

See also

• sandkaka (“pound cake”)
• bla bla jólakaka