pepparkaka
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editpepparkaka 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
editDeclension of pepparkaka | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
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Nominative | pepparkaka | pepparkakan | pepparkakor | pepparkakorna |
Genitive | pepparkakas | pepparkakans | pepparkakors | pepparkakornas |