German edit

Etymology edit

From Prussian German Low German Porzeln, plural of Porzel f or n.

Noun edit

Porzeln pl (plural only)

  1. fried balls of dough (flour, yeast, milk, butter, sugar) with raisins and often apples in them; a sweet Prussian dish, which among the Mennonites in Russia and America developed into portzelky

Declension edit