Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A dark, sourish bread made from whole, coarsely ground rye.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of coarse bread made from unbolted rye, used especially in Westphalia. It has a little acidity, but is agreeable to the taste, though not very nourishing. Also called
bombernickel .
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. bread made of coarse rye flour
Etymologies
- From German Pumpernickel. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Kalamata olives are "freeze dried" for 18 hours, then crumbled; pumpernickel is roasted in the oven and then blended down; and hazelnuts are mixed with flour, beer and butter to form a paste, oven-dried for 24 hours, and then blitzed into fine powder.”
“More recently, my son now 6 has found the word "pumpernickel" to be very interesting.”
“We could not even procure white bread, simply the black 'pumpernickel' bread so much prized in Germany.”
“I was thinking maybe king arthurs "pumpernickel" flour might be like this.”
“All the rooms smelled like pumpernickel bread, but the closer you got to the kitchen, you came up against distinct portobello, fiery green pepper with red moles, and onions that made your eyes feel like the end of a funeral.”
“Try the yellowtail ceviche with radish, fennel and cucumber, served on pumpernickel toast with flying-fish roe and wasabi cream.”
“Jude Domski for The Wall Street Journal Yellowtail ceviche with radish, fennel and cucumber, shown here, is served on pumpernickel toast with flying fish roe and wasabi cream.”
“My morning pumpernickel toast comes with a nifty fairy: she wears patterned tights, slouchy boots, has blue hair and can whistle anything.”
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“La Silhouette's Executive Chef Matthew Tropeano who heralds from La Grenouille, where he received a glowing three-star review, creates an unforgettable sweet split pea soup with hearty bits of savory pork again, all good things in moderation as well as a delightful butternut squash and roasted apple soup that really hits the spot when dashed with rich sage oil and topped with the perfect crispy pumpernickel croutons.”
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“I'm guessing it was probably pumpernickel or marble rye.”
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Lists
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A Rye Commentary
Words and phrases having to do with the cereal grain rye, its history, cultivation, etc.
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Started on pommelion--a place for all those words that feature P, then M, then L inside them. Somewhere.
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for pumpernickel.
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Eating Animals Jun 28, 2010
yarb Citation on cruller. Sep 29, 2008
bilby Just walk into the deli and say: "I'll have a lettuce, tomato and onion on goblin-fart, please." Apr 25, 2008
reesetee You know, I used to like pumpernickel bread.... Apr 25, 2008
skipvia I love this! I'm going to eat only pumpernickel bread from now on, just so I can say "fart goblin." Apr 25, 2008
ktrey Here's the etymology I've always enjoyed for the word:
German, probably from a dialectal term of abuse: obsolete Pumper, breaking wind (from dialectal pumpern, to break wind, from Middle High German, to knock) + German Nickel, goblin.
So... Pumpernickel could be translated as "fart goblin." Apr 25, 2008
spoonyalchemist They had this really catchy song about pumpernickel bread on Blues Clues.
My younger sisters were watching it, not me. :P Apr 20, 2008
seanahan It's not. It was made up at a bar by a radio guy who later reported it as the true etymology. After being confronted and asked for proof, he confessed. Jan 17, 2008
rfb I've once heard a story about the origin of this name. Apparently Napoleons horse was called Nickel. When the French soldiers marched into Germany during the Napoleonic wars and came into contact with German rye bread, some said that this bread wouldn't even be 'bon pour Nickel', not even good enough for Nickel.
I have no idea whether this story is true, though... Jan 16, 2008