English Explanatory Dictionary

Häagen-Dazs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Ice cream of a certain high-end brand.

Pronunciation

häʹgəndäs' häʹgəndäz' /ˈhɑː.ɡənˌdɑːs/ /ˈhɑː.ɡənˌdɑːz/ /ˈhɑː.ɡən.daɪs/

Word forms

Häagen-Dazs

Etymology

Pseudo-loan from Danish. The name was coined by the creator of the brand, who intended it to seem Danish to honour Denmark for aiding Jews during the Holocaust, but to be unique. The words have no meaning and Danish does not actually use the letter ä or the digraph zs. The Hong Kong pronunciation is influenced by Cantonese 哈根大師 /哈根大师 (haa¹ gan¹ daai⁶ si¹).

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