pepparkaka.
Certain types of gingersnap or gingerbread, traditionally eaten around Christmas, often in the shape of a heart, man, woman, pig, star or similar.
Meaning & usage
Certain types of gingersnap or gingerbread, traditionally eaten around Christmas, often in the shape of a heart, man, woman, pig, star or similar.
Where this word comes from
From peppar (“pepper”) + kaka (“cookie”), since pepper was originally an ingredient in the cookies. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål pepperkake, Norwegian Nynorsk peparkake and Danish peberkage.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.