name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
kringle
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/ˈkɹɪŋɡəl/
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rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl
noun
Meaning 2
A Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel.
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History
Etymology
From Danish kringle, ultimately from Old Norse kringla (“ring, circle”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: kringle — a Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel
- Dutch: krakeling — a Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel
- Estonian: kringel — a Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel
- German: Kringel — a Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel
- Latvian: kliņģeris — a Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel
- Lithuanian: riestainis — a Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel
- Norwegian Bokmål: kringle — a Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kringle — a Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel
- Russian: кре́ндель (kréndelʹ) — a Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel
- Swedish: kringla — a Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel
- Ukrainian: кре́ндель (kréndelʹ) — a Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel