krumkake

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noun

A Norwegian cookie invented by emigrants to America, prepared as a rolled-up cone, sometimes with a filling.

OriginNorwegian krumkake →
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Meanings

nounkrumkake (plural krumkakes)

plural krumkakes

  1. A Norwegian cookie invented by emigrants to America, prepared as a rolled-up cone, sometimes with a filling.

Origin

  1. Norwegiankrumkake“curved cake”
  2. Englishkrumkake

Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian krumkake (“curved cake”). Compare Middle English crumcake, cramkake (“loaf of unleavened bread; a twisted or crumpled cake”).

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APA

krumkake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krumkake

MLA

“krumkake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krumkake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “krumkake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krumkake.

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