pannukakku
Finnish
editEtymology
editpannu + kakku; calque of Swedish pannkaka (“pancake”) (both words of which, panna and kaka, are furthermore related to the Finnish counterparts). The figurative sense "failure, fiasco" (which is also found in Swedish) may refer to how a cake that fails to rise in the oven stays flat like a pancake.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpannukakku
- a thick (~ 1–2 cm, 1⁄2–3⁄4 in) pancake baked in oven, eaten as dessert and often served with whipped cream and/or jam
- (broadly) pancake
- (idiomatic) failure, fiasco
Usage notes
editpannukakku tends to refer to thicker pancakes, like those in the photos. Thinner pancakes are usually called something else, like ohukainen, lettu or räiskäle.
Declension
editInflection of pannukakku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pannukakku | pannukakut | ||
genitive | pannukakun | pannukakkujen | ||
partitive | pannukakkua | pannukakkuja | ||
illative | pannukakkuun | pannukakkuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pannukakku | pannukakut | ||
accusative | nom. | pannukakku | pannukakut | |
gen. | pannukakun | |||
genitive | pannukakun | pannukakkujen | ||
partitive | pannukakkua | pannukakkuja | ||
inessive | pannukakussa | pannukakuissa | ||
elative | pannukakusta | pannukakuista | ||
illative | pannukakkuun | pannukakkuihin | ||
adessive | pannukakulla | pannukakuilla | ||
ablative | pannukakulta | pannukakuilta | ||
allative | pannukakulle | pannukakuille | ||
essive | pannukakkuna | pannukakkuina | ||
translative | pannukakuksi | pannukakuiksi | ||
abessive | pannukakutta | pannukakuitta | ||
instructive | — | pannukakuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “pannukakku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03