kringla

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Swedish kringla (“pretzel”) for the cookie's pretzel-like shape.

Noun

kringla (plural kringla)

1. A slightly sweet Scandinavian cookie usually shaped as a figure eight.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kringla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰriŋla/
• Rhymes: -iŋla

Noun

kringla f (genitive singular kringlu, nominative plural kringlur)

1. disc, circle
2. pretzel
3. (athletics) discus

Declension

declension of kringla

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kringla	kringlan	kringlur	kringlurnar
accusative	kringlu	kringluna	kringlur	kringlurnar
dative	kringlu	kringlunni	kringlum	kringlunum
genitive	kringlu	kringlunnar	kringla/kringlna	kringlanna/kringlnanna

Synonyms

• hringur
• hvel

Further reading

• “kringla” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kringla (present tense kringlar, past tense kringla, past participle kringla, passive infinitive kringlast, present participle kringlande, imperative kringla/kringl)

1. alternative form of kringle

Noun

kringla f (definite singular kringla, indefinite plural kringler or kringlor, definite plural kringlene or kringlone)

1. definite singular of kringle
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of kringle

Anagrams

• klaring, klingra, krangli, larking, rakling

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”).

Noun

kringla f

1. disk, circle, orb

Related terms

• kringlóttr (“round, circular”)
• kringluskurðr (“tonsure”)
• kringlusótt (“the staggers (in sheep)”)
• kringr (“easy”)
• kringja (“encircle, surround”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kringla

Noun

kringla c

1. (cooking) a kringle (type of pastry, Nordic variety of pretzel)
2. (cooking, informal, by extension) a pretzel

   Synonym: pretzel

3. a pretzel (something having a pretzel-like shape)

Declension

Declension of kringla
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kringla	kringlan	kringlor	kringlorna
Genitive	kringlas	kringlans	kringlors	kringlornas

References

• kringla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kringla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kringla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)