pumpernikkeli

The word is borrowed from German Pumpernickel but otherwise these two products have little in common.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpumperˌnikːeli/,
• Rhymes: -ikːeli
• Hyphenation^(key): pumper‧nikke‧li

pumpernikkeli

1. A biscuit-like, often oval-shaped baked good made of gingerbread (piparkakku) dough and topped with a layer of sugar icing.

The Finnish pumpernikkeli and pumpernickel bread are very different products, as the latter is very similar to the German German Pumpernickel.

• piparkakku

• “pumpernikkeli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03