pepparkaka
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From peppar (“pepper”) + kaka (“cookie”), since pepper was originally an ingredient in the cookies. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål pepperkake, Norwegian Nynorsk peparkake and Danish peberkage.
Noun edit
pepparkaka c
- (food) Certain types of gingersnap or gingerbread, traditionally eaten around Christmas, often in the shape of a heart, man, woman, pig, star or similar.
Declension edit
| Declension of pepparkaka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | pepparkaka | pepparkakan | pepparkakor | pepparkakorna |
| Genitive | pepparkakas | pepparkakans | pepparkakors | pepparkakornas |