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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A dark, sourish bread made from whole, coarsely ground rye.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. 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

  1. n. A German sourdough bread made from rye

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. 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

  1. n. bread made of coarse rye flour

Etymologies

  1. From German Pumpernickel. (Wiktionary)

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  • Ido Berger לחם כהה עשוי מקמח שיפון מלא
    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

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