kringla
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Swedish kringla (“pretzel”) for the cookie's pretzel-like shape.
Noun
kringla (plural kringla)
- A slightly sweet Scandinavian cookie usually shaped as a figure eight.
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kringla f (genitive singular kringlu, nominative plural kringlur)
Declension
Declension of kringla | ||||
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f-w1 | 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
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)
- alternative form of kringle
Noun
kringla f (definite singular kringla, indefinite plural kringler or kringlor, definite plural kringlene or kringlone)
Anagrams
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”).
Noun
kringla f
Related terms
- kringlóttr (“round, circular”)
- kringluskurðr (“tonsure”)
- kringlusótt (“the staggers (in sheep)”)
- kringr (“easy”)
- kringja (“encircle, surround”)
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
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
References
- English terms borrowed from Swedish
- English unadapted borrowings from Swedish
- English terms derived from Swedish
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/iŋla
- Rhymes:Icelandic/iŋla/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Athletics
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak feminine nouns ending in -a
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Cooking
- Swedish informal terms