pannkaka

Swedish

Etymology

panna +‎ kaka. Compare Danish pandekage, German Pfannkuchen.

Noun

pannkaka c

  1. a pancake (thin batter cake)
    pannkakor med sylt och grädde
    pancakes with jam and cream
  2. (colloquial) a flop, a fiasco (total failure)
    Det blev pannkaka av alltihop
    It all went to pot [was a total failure]
    (literally, “It became pancake of everything / Everything turned to pancake [idiomatic]”)

Usage notes

  • American pancakes are more akin to thick, leavened plättar (though still usually called "amerikanska pannkakor" in Swedish).
  • Often topped with cream or ice cream and/or jam.
  • Sometimes had as a kind of dessert after pea soup (ärtsoppa), traditionally on a Thursday.

Declension

Declension of pannkaka
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pannkaka pannkakas
definite pannkakan pannkakans
plural indefinite pannkakor pannkakors
definite pannkakorna pannkakornas

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