kringla
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Swedish kringla (“pretzel”) for the cookie's pretzel-like shape.
Noun
[edit]kringla (plural kringla)
- A slightly sweet Scandinavian cookie usually shaped as a figure eight.
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kringla f (genitive singular kringlu, nominative plural kringlur)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kringla | kringlan | kringlur | kringlurnar |
| accusative | kringlu | kringluna | kringlur | kringlurnar |
| dative | kringlu | kringlunni | kringlum | kringlunum |
| genitive | kringlu | kringlunnar | kringla, kringlna | kringlanna, kringlnanna |
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kringla” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Verb
[edit]kringla (present tense kringlar, past tense kringla, past participle kringla, passive infinitive kringlast, present participle kringlande, imperative kringla/kringl)
- alternative form of kringle
Noun
[edit]kringla f (definite singular kringla, indefinite plural kringler or kringlor, definite plural kringlene or kringlone)
Anagrams
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *kringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”).
Noun
[edit]kringla f
Related terms
[edit]- kringlóttr (“round, circular”)
- kringluskurðr (“tonsure”)
- kringlusótt (“the staggers (in sheep)”)
- kringr (“easy”)
- kringja (“encircle, surround”)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kringla c
- (cooking) a kringle (type of pastry, Nordic variety of pretzel)
- (cooking, informal, by extension) a pretzel
- Synonyms: pretzel, saltkringla
- a pretzel (something having a pretzel-like shape)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kringla | kringlas |
| definite | kringlan | kringlans | |
| plural | indefinite | kringlor | kringlors |
| definite | kringlorna | kringlornas |
References
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