knoephla
Loanword
- Meaning
- A German-Russian dumpling, often in North Dakota soup.
- Type
- Loanword
- Used in
- North DakotaSource: Wikipedia: Knoephla
What does “knoephla” mean
Knoephla names the small dough dumplings that give North Dakota’s creamy knoephla soup its backbone. The word came with German-Russian foodways and now shows up as one of the state’s most recognizable comfort-food terms.
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