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stroopwafel

Syllables: stroop·wa·felUK/ˈstɹəʊpˌwɒfəl/US/ˈstɹoʊpˌwɑfəl/

stroopwafel noun: a Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers with syrup in between.

stroopwafel: a Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers with syrup in between
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Noun

stroopwafel (countable and uncountable, plural stroopwafels)

  1. A Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers with syrup in between.
    • Now's your chance to also taste the other local delicacy, stroopwafel. A wafer-and-syrup pastry sandwich served atop a steaming cup of coffee, stroopwafel slowly transforms into a warm, soft treat.2008, Marybeth Bond, Best Girlfriends Getaways Worldwide, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Books, →ISBN, page 201
    • A waffle is the action, or inaction, of making up your mind. In Holland, when you slice a round one in half, and glue fill it back whole again, with warm caramel, it becomes a vice. And clamped Between the Cartwheels of the stroopwafel, I was the syrup, holding them together, and apart.2012, Lawrence Winkler, “Stroopwafel”, in Between the Cartwheels, [S.l.]: Lawrence Winkler, →ISBN

stroopwafel meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Indonesian

stroopwafel in Hindi

Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers
स्ट्रोपवाफल sṭropvāphal, स्त्रोपवाफल stropvāphal

stroopwafel in Marathi

Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers
स्त्रोपवाफल stropvāphal

stroopwafel in Gujarati

Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers
સ્ટ્રોપવાફલ sṭropvāphal, સ્ત્રોપવાફલ stropvāphal

stroopwafel in Indonesian

Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers
setrupwafel

Examples of stroopwafel in a sentence

  • Stroopwafels, in spite of their name, are not waffles as North Americans know them.2014, Timothy G. Roufs, Kathleen Smyth Roufs, Sweet Treats around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Santa Barbara, Calif....
  • The quintessential Dutch treat is a stroopwafel—syrup sandwiched between two crispy, thin waffles.2015, Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw, Rick Steves Amsterdam & the Netherlands, Berkeley, Calif.: Avalon Travel, →ISBN:
  • He paused while the waitress deposited his coffee and stroopwafel on the table.2015, Jake Woodhouse, Into the Night, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN:
  • Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces?2023 June 23, “DutchNews podcast: The Megabrothel Roadblock Edition”, in DutchNews.nl, Amsterdam: Dutch News BV, →OCLC, archived from the...

Forms of stroopwafel

pluralstroopwafels

Origin of stroopwafel

Borrowed from Dutch stroopwafel, from stroop (“syrup”) + wafel (“wafer; waffle”).

Questions about stroopwafel

What does stroopwafel mean?
Stroopwafel means a Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers with syrup in between.
What is stroopwafel in Hindi?
Stroopwafel in Hindi is स्ट्रोपवाफल (sṭropvāphal), स्त्रोपवाफल (stropvāphal). See Stroopwafel meaning in Hindi.
How do you use stroopwafel in a sentence?
Stroopwafels, in spite of their name, are not waffles as North Americans know them.
What part of speech is stroopwafel?
Stroopwafel is a noun.
How do you pronounce stroopwafel?
Stroopwafel is pronounced /ˈstɹəʊpˌwɒfəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of stroopwafel?
The plural of stroopwafel is stroopwafels.

Words near stroopwafel in the dictionary

  1. Stroop effect
  2. Stroop effects
  3. Stroop test
  4. Stroop tests
  5. Stroops
  6. stroopwafel
  7. stroopwafels
  8. strop
  9. Strope
  10. Stropes
  11. strophalloside

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