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kipfel

/ˈkɪp.fəl/

kipfel noun: a type of crescent-shaped biscuit or bread roll.

kipfel: a type of crescent-shaped biscuit or bread roll
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Noun

kipfel (plural kipfels)

  1. A type of crescent-shaped biscuit or bread roll.
    • Bake the kipfel on wafers, in a very moderate oven.1880, C. J. Peterson, Peterson's Magazine, volumes 77–78, page 314
    • The son of a former houseowner in the Stumpergasse told me that the young Hitler would go every morning to a Jewish distiller (Branntweiner) near his flat to have a small breakfast there consisting always of ‘a tea and a kipfel’.2003, Brigitte Hamann, edited by Hans Mommsen, The Third Reich Between Vision and Reality: New Perspectives on German History 1918–1945, Hitler and Vienna: The Truth about his Formative Years, page 35

Forms of kipfel

pluralkipfels

Origin of kipfel

From German Kipfel, diminutive of Kipf (“wagon post”), from Old High German kipfa, chipf, from Latin cippus (“post”).

Questions about kipfel

What does kipfel mean?
Kipfel means a type of crescent-shaped biscuit or bread roll.
What part of speech is kipfel?
Kipfel is a noun.
How do you pronounce kipfel?
Kipfel is pronounced /ˈkɪp.fəl/.
What is the plural of kipfel?
The plural of kipfel is kipfels.

Words near kipfel in the dictionary

  1. kiped
  2. Kiper
  3. Kipers
  4. kipes
  5. Kipevu
  6. kipfel
  7. kipfels
  8. Kipfer
  9. Kipfers
  10. Kipfler
  11. Kipflers

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