puddersukker

Danish

Brown sugar on bread.

Etymology

Composed of pudder (“powder”) +‎ sukker (“sugar”). Calque of German Puderzucker.

Originally referred to finely ground raw sugar, which is presumably why it is called “powdered”.

False friend of English powdered sugar and German Puderzucker, which is instead called flormelis in Danish.

Noun

puddersukker

1. brown sugar

Synonyms

• farin, brun farin

Descendants

• → Faroese: putursukur (calque)
• → Icelandic: púðursykur (calque)