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knoephla

Loanword

Meaning
A German-Russian dumpling, often in North Dakota soup.
Type
Loanword
Used in
North Dakota
Source: 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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