English

Noun

Frikadelle ‎(plural Frikadellen)

1. Alternative letter-case form of frikadelle

German

Frikadellen

Etymology

From early modern Dutch frikadel, which is borrowed from French fricadel, an only later attested variant of fricandeau. A further relation with Italian frittatella is speculative. Compare contemporary Dutch frikandel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfʁɪkaˈdɛlə/, /ˌfʁiːka-/

Noun

Frikadelle f ‎(genitive Frikadelle, plural Frikadellen)

1. (regional) meatball

Usage notes

• Frikadelle is the most widely accepted word for “meatball” in German. It is nevertheless regionally bound and heard most often in central-western and north-western Germany.

Declension

Synonyms

• Bulette, Klops (eastern German)
• Fleischlaberl, Fleischpflanzl (southern German)

English

A freshly made batch of frikadeller

Alternative forms

• Frikadelle

Noun

frikadelle ‎(plural frikadeller or frikadellen)

1. (food) An oblate-spheroid meatball of North European origin, eaten hot or cold, and typically consisting of: minced veal, pork, or beef (or a blend of two of these meats); chopped onions; eggs; milk or water; breadcrumbs, oatmeal, or flour; salt; and pepper.

Translations

Danish

Frikadeller

Etymology

From German Frikadelle ‎(“meatball”), from Italian frittella ‎(“fritter, flapjack”). Perhaps also influenced by French fricandeau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frekədɛlə/, [fʁeɡ̊əˈd̥ɛlə] or IPA^(key): /frikədɛlə/, [fʁiɡ̊əˈd̥ɛlə]

Noun

frikadelle c (singular definite frikadellen, plural indefinite frikadeller)

1. meatball
2. doughnut, cinnamon bun (hair style)
3. ham (actor with an exaggerating style)
   • 2014, Gregers Dirkinck-Holmfeld, Frejlif: Ekstra Bladets udtæmmelige redaktør, Politikens Forlag (ISBN 9788740015904)

     Men Frejlif nævner en enkelt af sine egne anmeldelser, hvor han “fornærmede den mest fremragende af teatrets skuespillere, en ældre frikadelle, der ikke var sen til at hævne sig.”

     But Frejlif mentions one of his own reviews, in which he “insulted the most brilliant of the theatre's actors, an elderly ham, who was not late to take revenge.”

   • 1896, Otto Jespersen, Kristoffer Nyrop, Dania

     Hvis nogen ved ukunstneriske Midler bejler til Galleriets Bifald, bliver han en Galleriskuespiller; er han simpel og har en daarlig Udtale, men alligevel gør nogen Lykke, kaldes han, som Skuespiller for den tarvelige Borgerklasse, en Frikadelleskuespiller eller forkortet alene en Frikadelle.

     If anyone woos the applause of the gallery by unartistic means, he becomes a gallery-actor; if he is simple and has poor enunciation, but still has some success, he is called, as actor for the mean citizenry, a ham-actor or, abbreviated, simply a ham.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (meatball): (short form) delle, (informal) frikadunse

See also

• frikadelle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da