pfeffernuss
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9.9
A small round cookie with spices from Germany eaten at Christmas
- noun
- /ˈpɛfərˌnʌs/
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pfeffernuss
- During the holidays, my grandmother bakes a batch of pfeffernuss for our family gathering.
Examples
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The recipe came helpfully printed on the label, on which it was dubbed a pfeffernuss.
Fiction book (2000) -
Was it called a pfeffernuss?
Fiction book (2000) -
I always look forward to enjoying pfeffernuss with a warm cup of tea during Christmas time.
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At the bakery, I found delicious pfeffernuss cookies decorated with powdered sugar.
Synonyms
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3.0
A crisp round cookie made with ginger and spices like cinnamon
is usually not crisp and is a German seasonal spiced cookie
lebkuchen
vspfeffernuss
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9.9
A spiced gingerbread cookie often eaten at Christmas and sometimes decorated
is a smaller plain spiced round cookie eaten at Christmas
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9.9
A small German cookie flavored with anise and pressed with designs
is spiced differently and is plain round rather than molded
Surface Forms
pfeffernuss singular
pfeffernüsse plural
Etymology
Pfeffernuss comes from the German words Pfeffer 'pepper' and Nuss 'nut', so the name means 'pepper-nut'. That's a helpful memory: it describes a small, spicy cookie (about the size of a nut) and explains why this little treat is linked to Christmas.