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
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative jólakaka jólakakan jólakökur jólakökurnar
accusative jólaköku jólakökuna jólakökur jólakökurnar
dative jólaköku jólakökunni jólakökum jólakökunum
genitive jólaköku jólakökunnar jólakaka/jólakakna jólakakanna/jólakaknanna

See also

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