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Knäckebrot
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German
de:
Alternative forms
de Knäcke informal clipping
de Knackbrot full calque rare
Etymology
de sv knäckebröd. The first component is unaltered from sv knäcka to crack, snap. German-speakers commonly analyse it as de knacken Brot, which is ultimately both semantically and etymologically correct.
Pronunciation
de /ˈknɛkəˌbroːt/ [ˈknɛ.kəˌbʁoːt] southern also [-ke-] [-kɛ-] [-ˌb̥ʁ̥oːt] [-ˌb̥ɾ̥oːt]
de De-Knäckebrot.ogg Germany
de Knä cke brot; de Knäk ke brot until 1996
Noun
n,s:es
crispbread
Declension
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Further reading
de Breads