kringla

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Swedish kringla (“pretzel”) for the cookie's pretzel-like shape.

Noun

kringla (plural kringla)

1. A slightly sweet Scandinavian cookie usually shaped as a figure eight.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kringla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰriŋla/
• Rhymes: -iŋla

Noun

kringla f (genitive singular kringlu, nominative plural kringlur)

1. disc, circle
2. pretzel
3. (athletics) discus

Synonyms

• hringur
• hvel

Further reading

• “kringla” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kringla (present tense kringlar, past tense kringla, past participle kringla, passive infinitive kringlast, present participle kringlande, imperative kringla/kringl)

1. alternative form of kringle

Noun

kringla f (definite singular kringla, indefinite plural kringler or kringlor, definite plural kringlene or kringlone)

1. definite singular of kringle
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of kringle

Anagrams

• klaring, klingra, krangli, larking, rakling

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”).

Noun

kringla f

1. disk, circle, orb

Related terms

• kringlóttr (“round, circular”)
• kringluskurðr (“tonsure”)
• kringlusótt (“the staggers (in sheep)”)
• kringr (“easy”)
• kringja (“encircle, surround”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kringla

Noun

kringla c

1. (cooking) a kringle (type of pastry, Nordic variety of pretzel)
2. (cooking, informal, by extension) a pretzel

   Synonyms: pretzel, saltkringla

3. a pretzel (something having a pretzel-like shape)

Declension

Declension of kringla

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kringla	kringlas
	definite	kringlan	kringlans
plural	indefinite	kringlor	kringlors
	definite	kringlorna	kringlornas

References

• kringla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kringla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kringla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)