Springerle Definition

shprĭngər-lə
noun
Hard, anise-flavored cookies of German origin that are embossed with a design prior to baking, traditionally eaten at Christmas.
American Heritage
Anise-flavored cookies, orig. of Germany.
A plate of springerle cookies.
Webster's New World

A white, anise-flavored German cookie with an embossed design.

I have visited Baten-Württemberg, Germany every year to purchase a springerle for my wife on her birthday.
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Other Word Forms of Springerle

Noun

Singular:
springerle
Plural:
springerles

Origin of Springerle

  • German Springerle from German dialectal (southern Germany, Austria, and Alsace) from diminutive of Springer jumper, jumping horse, knight (from the figures of knights and leaping horses often embossed on the cookies) (or from the traditional use of ammonium carbonate to leaven the dough so that the designs spring up) from springen to jump Old English springan to spring

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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