kreplach

krep·lach

kreplach

small casings of dough filled with ground meat or cheese, etc., boiled, and served usually in soup

Origin of kreplach

Yiddish kreplech, plural of krepel from Middle High German (dial.) kreppel, variant, variety of krepfel, diminutive of krapfe, fritter from Old High German krapfo, literally , a hook: for Indo-European base see cradle

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kreplach

plural noun

Small pockets of noodle dough filled with ground meat or cheese, usually boiled and served in soups.

Origin of kreplach

Yiddish kreplech pl. of krepel from German dialectal Kräppel fried pastry variant of German Krapfen from Middle High German krapfe from Old High German krāpfo hook (from their hooklike shape)

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Noun

(uncountable)

(plural only) Small dumplings of Eastern European origin, filled with meat or cheese and served usually in soup.

Origin

From Yiddish קרעפּלאַך (kreplakh), a regional plural form of קרעפּל (krepl, “meat dumpling”).

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