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portzelky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
portzelky
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Mennonite dish of raisin fritters — fried, roughly ball-shaped pieces of dough with raisins in them — eaten especially on New Year's Day.

Etymology

From or related to Prussian German Low German Porzelke (see Porzelchen, porzelchen), diminutive of Porzel f or n (whence German Porzeln).

Inflected Forms

porzelky (alternative)

Questions

What does portzelky mean?
A Mennonite dish of raisin fritters — fried, roughly ball-shaped pieces of dough with raisins in them — eaten especially on New Year's Day.
Where does portzelky come from?
From or related to Prussian German Low German Porzelke (see Porzelchen, porzelchen), diminutive of Porzel f or n (whence German Porzeln).

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