Kipfl

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Kipfel

Etymology edit

From Middle High German kipfe (“roll of bread”), perhaps related to Old High German kipfa (“axle”), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (“beam, log”),^[1] itself possibly borrowed from or related to the source of Latin cippus (“post, stake”).^[2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkɪpfl̩/

Noun edit

Kipfl n (mixed, genitive Kipfls, plural Kipfln)

(regional, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) croissant
Synonyms: Hörnchen, Croissant

Declension edit

Declension of Kipfl [neuter, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kipfl	die	Kipfln
genitive	eines	des	Kipfls	der	Kipfln
dative	einem	dem	Kipfl	den	Kipfln
accusative	ein	das	Kipfl	die	Kipfln

Descendants edit

→ Sicilian: chìffili

References edit

^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “ Kipfel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “chip”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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