pumpernickel
A German sourdough bread made from ryeA German sourdough bread made from rye.
» Tom bought rye bread, even though Mary had asked him to buy pumpernickel bread.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A German sourdough bread made from rye.
bread made of coarse rye flour
Examples
1 sentencesTom bought rye bread, even though Mary had asked him to buy pumpernickel bread.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Westphalian German Pumpernickel, from Pumper (“fart”) (or a related form, such as pumFrom Westphalian German Pumpernickel, from Pumper (“fart”) (or a related form, such as pumpern) and Nickel (“rascal”) (from the male name Nikolaus (“Nicholas”)), possibly originating as an insult for a person or for the bread itself by outsiders. A false folk etymology claims that this comes from the phrase pain pour Nicole ("bread for Nicole"), referring to Napoleon disliking the taste so much that he thought it was fit for his horse Nicole.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: pumpernickels| Singular | pumpernickel |
|---|---|
| Plural | pumpernickels |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- bread made of coarse rye flour:black bread
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable