Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

häagen-dazs

/ˈhɑː.ɡənˌdɑːs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
haa-gen--dazs
IPA
/ˈhɑː.ɡənˌdɑːs/
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

Pseudo-loan from Danish. The name was coined by the creator of the brand, who intended it to seem Danish to honour Denmark for aiding Jews during the Holocaust, but to be unique. The words have no meaning and Danish does not actually use the letter ä or the digraph zs. The Hong Kong pronunciation is influenced by Cantonese 哈根大師 /哈根大师 (haa¹ gan¹ daai⁶ si¹).

Questions

How do you pronounce häagen-dazs?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɑː.ɡənˌdɑːs/.
What does häagen-dazs mean?
Ice cream of a certain high-end brand.
Where does häagen-dazs come from?
Pseudo-loan from Danish. The name was coined by the creator of the brand, who intended it to seem Danish to honour Denmark for aiding Jews during the Holocaust, but to be unique. The words have no meaning and Danish does not actually use the letter ä or the digraph zs. The Hong Kong pronunciation is influenced by Cantonese 哈根大師 /哈根大师 (haa¹ gan¹ daai⁶ si¹).

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