jólakaka

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally, “Christmas cake”, a name which was used to refer to fruitcakes which were once (but not anymore) often served during Christmas in Iceland.[1] The name may have carried over to raisin pound cakes since they look somewhat similar and include raisins.

Noun

jólakaka f (genitive singular jólaköku, nominative plural jólakökur)

  1. raisin pound cake
  2. (obsolete unless when used with the clarifier “ensk jólakaka”) fruit cake
    Synonym: ávaxtakaka
  3. (when describing foreign customs) any cake typically served during Christmas

Declension

Declension of jólakaka (feminine, based on kaka)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative jólakaka jólakakan jólakökur jólakökurnar
accusative jólaköku jólakökuna jólakökur jólakökurnar
dative jólaköku jólakökunni jólakökum jólakökunum
genitive jólaköku jólakökunnar jólakakna, jólakaka jólakaknanna, jólakakanna

See also

References

  1. ^ Hvað er jólakaka? Morgunblaðið, 1999-12-02, p. 57.
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