Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rollmop

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: roll-mop
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fillet of herring, rolled and flavoured with sliced onion and spices then pickled in brine.

Example Sentences

"At lunch the excellent cold borscht could lead up to the herring sampler featuring rollmops, Swedish matjes and pickled herring, which has immediately joined the small list of dishes whose flavor helps define New York."

Etymology

Back-formation from the plural rollmops, from the German singular Rollmops.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

rollmops (plural) rollmops (alternative)

Questions

What does rollmop mean?: A fillet of herring, rolled and flavoured with sliced onion and spices then pickled in brine.
Where does rollmop come from?: It is traced to German.

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