frikadelle

See also: Frikadelle

English

A freshly made batch of frikadeller

Alternative forms

• Frikadelle

Etymology

From the Danish frikadelle and its etymon, the German Frikadelle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɪkəˈdɛlə/
• or as the Danish or the German

Noun

frikadelle (plural frikadeller or frikadellen)

1. (food) An oblate-spheroid meatball of North European origin, eaten hot or cold, and typically consisting of: minced pork or beef/veal (or, commonly, a blend of these meats); chopped onions; eggs; milk or water; breadcrumbs, oatmeal, or flour; salt; and pepper.
   • 2023, Isabel Waidner, Corey Fah Does Social Mobility, Hamish Hamilton, page 31:

     There it was, the frikadelle, inside a sliced sesame bun, sunk in on itself by that point.

Translations

meatball of North European origin

• Danish: frikadelle (da) c
• German: Frikadelle (de) f
• Polish: kotlet mielony (pl) m
• Swedish: frikadell (sv) c
• Yiddish: פֿריקאַדעל f (frikadel), פֿריקאַדעלקע f (frikadelke)

Further reading

• Frikadeller on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Frikadeller

Etymology

From German Frikadelle (“meatball”), borrowed via Dutch frikadel from French fricandeau (“a dish with sliced veal”). Alternatively, from Italian frittella (“fritter, flapjack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frekədɛlə/, [fʁæɡ̊əˈd̥ɛlə] or IPA^(key): /frikadɛlə/, [fʁiɡ̊aˈd̥ɛlə]

Noun

frikadelle c (singular definite frikadellen, plural indefinite frikadeller)

1. meatball (traditionally made with pork)
2. (figuratively) doughnut, cinnamon bun (hair style)
3. (figuratively) ham (actor with an exaggerating style)
   • 2014, Gregers Dirkinck-Holmfeld, Frejlif: Ekstra Bladets udtæmmelige redaktør, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:

     Men Frejlif nævner en enkelt af sine egne anmeldelser, hvor han “fornærmede den mest fremragende af teatrets skuespillere, en ældre frikadelle, der ikke var sen til at hævne sig.”

     But Frejlif mentions one of his own reviews, in which he “insulted the most brilliant of the theatre's actors, an elderly ham, who was not late to take revenge.”

   • 1896, Otto Jespersen, Kristoffer Nyrop, Dania:

     Hvis nogen ved ukunstneriske Midler bejler til Galleriets Bifald, bliver han en Galleriskuespiller; er han simpel og har en daarlig Udtale, men alligevel gør nogen Lykke, kaldes han, som Skuespiller for den tarvelige Borgerklasse, en Frikadelleskuespiller eller forkortet alene en Frikadelle.

     If anyone woos the applause of the gallery by unartistic means, he becomes a gallery-actor; if he is simple and has poor enunciation, but still has some success, he is called, as actor for the mean citizenry, a ham-actor or, abbreviated, simply a ham.

Declension

Declension of frikadelle

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	frikadelle	frikadellen	frikadeller	frikadellerne
genitive	frikadelles	frikadellens	frikadellers	frikadellernes

Synonyms

• (meatball): (short form) delle, (informal) frikadunse

See also

• frikadelle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da