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Yiddish
Etymology
From קראַפּ (krap) + ־ל (-l), the former inherited from Middle High German *krappe, Central German variant of krapfe, from Old High German krapho, *krappo (“hook; unciform pastry”). Compare southern German Krapfen, dialectal Kräppel.
Pronunciation
Noun
קרעפּל • (krepl) n, plural קרעפּלעך (kreplekh) or קרעפּלאַך (kreplakh)
- (usually in the plural) a kind of meat or dairy dumpling, kreplach
- קרעפּלעך זאָלסטו (ניט) עסן! ― kreplekh zolstu (nit) esn! ― go to hell! (literally, “you should (not) eat kreplach!”)
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References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “קרעפּל” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קרעפּל”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN