kipfel

noun

kip·​fel

ˈkipfəl

plural -s

: a crescent-shaped cookie or roll

Word History

Etymology

German, diminutive of kipf wagon post, kipfel, from Old High German kipfa, chipf wagon post, from Latin cippus post

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