krumkake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

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Word forms

krumkake krumkakes

Etymology

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

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