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portzelky

portzelky noun: a Mennonite dish of raisin fritters — fried, roughly ball-shaped pieces of dough with raisins in them — eaten especially on New Year's Day.

Noun

portzelky pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A Mennonite dish of raisin fritters — fried, roughly ball-shaped pieces of dough with raisins in them — eaten especially on New Year's Day.

Forms of portzelky

alternative formporzelky

Origin of portzelky

From or related to Prussian German Low German Porzelke (see Porzelchen, porzelchen), diminutive of Porzel f or n (whence German Porzeln).

Questions about portzelky

What does portzelky mean?
Portzelky means a Mennonite dish of raisin fritters — fried, roughly ball-shaped pieces of dough with raisins in them — eaten especially on New Year's Day.
What part of speech is portzelky?
Portzelky is a noun.

Words near portzelky in the dictionary

  1. porty
  2. portyanka
  3. portyankas
  4. portyanki
  5. Portz
  6. portzelky
  7. Portzes
  8. porule
  9. porules
  10. porulose
  11. porulous

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