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crispbread

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of flat, dry bread or cracker, usually baked of rye flour, popular in the Nordic countries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From crisp + bread.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: knäckebrot — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Danish: knækbrød — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Dutch: knäckebröd — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Estonian: näkileib — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Faroese: knekkbreyð — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Finnish: näkkileipä — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Finnish: näkkäri — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • German: Knäckebrot — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • German: Knäcke — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Icelandic: hrökkbrauð — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Icelandic: hleifabrauð — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Ingrian: rootsinleipä — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Irish: arán brioscánach — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Low German: Knackbrood — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Norwegian Bokmål: knekkebrød — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: knekkebrød — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Polish: chleb chrupki — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Russian: хле́бе́ц (xlébéc) — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Russian: хрустя́щий хле́бе́ц (xrustjáščij xlébéc) — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Russian: суха́рь (suxárʹ) — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Swedish: knäckebröd — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Swedish: spisbröd — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Swedish: hårdbröd — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Swedish: hårt bröd — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Swedish: knäcke — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Turkish: gevrek ekmek — Nordic-style flat dry bread
  • Welsh: bara crimp — Nordic-style flat dry bread