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giffel.

A crescent-shaped pastry (made of e.g. sweet yeast dough, puff pastry, or shortcrust pastry)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡɪfɛl//ˈjɪfɛl/

  1. A crescent-shaped pastry (made of e.g. sweet yeast dough, puff pastry, or shortcrust pastry)

    common-gender

  2. A crescent-shaped pastry (made of e.g. sweet yeast dough, puff pastry, or shortcrust pastry) A crescent-shaped cinnamon roll.

    common-gender

  3. A crescent-shaped pastry (made of e.g. sweet yeast dough, puff pastry, or shortcrust pastry) synonym of croissant (“croissant”)

    common-gender · dated
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Gipfel (“peak; summit”) or Austrian German Gipfel (“type of vienna bread”). First attested in 1890.

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