kringla

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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

Noun

kringla f (genitive singular kringlu, nominative plural kringlur)

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

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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

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

kringla f

  1. disk, circle, orb

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)

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