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krumkake

krumkake noun: a Norwegian cookie invented by emigrants to America, prepared as a rolled-up cone, sometimes with a filling.

Noun

krumkake (plural krumkakes)

  1. A Norwegian cookie invented by emigrants to America, prepared as a rolled-up cone, sometimes with a filling.

Forms of krumkake

pluralkrumkakes

Origin of krumkake

Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian krumkake (“curved cake”). Compare Middle English crumcake, cramkake (“loaf of unleavened bread; a twisted or crumpled cake”).

Questions about krumkake

What does krumkake mean?
Krumkake means a Norwegian cookie invented by emigrants to America, prepared as a rolled-up cone, sometimes with a filling.
What part of speech is krumkake?
Krumkake is a noun.
What is the plural of krumkake?
The plural of krumkake is krumkakes.

Words near krumkake in the dictionary

  1. Krumen
  2. Krumholz
  3. Krumholzes
  4. krumhorn
  5. krumhorns
  6. krumkake
  7. krumkakes
  8. Krumm
  9. Krummel
  10. Krummels
  11. krummholz

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