Æbleskiver

English translation: æbleskiver/ebleskiver, pancake puffs (reg. trade mark), round drop scones

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Danish term or phrase:	Æbleskiver
English translation:	æbleskiver/ebleskiver, pancake puffs (reg. trade mark), round drop scones
Entered by:	Christine Andersen

17:10 Nov 6, 2013

Danish to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / Danish speciality eaten at Christmas

Danish term or phrase: Æbleskiver

The season of good cheer, pre-Christmas get-togethers when those handy packs of frozen ´æbleskiver´ are easily warmed up and handed round with icing sugar and jam, with glögg to wash them down...

My text is a menu, and the rest is not really relevant.

I can´t believe they are not in the COG already, and Gyldendal's suggestion is not really suitable.
Please don´t suggest doughnuts either!

So what do you call them in English, please?
(My husband doesn´t like them, so we serve mince pies or brune kager for our guests!)

Christine Andersen KudoZ activity Questions: 241 (none open) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 1854 Denmark
Local time: 01:45

æbleskiver

Explanation:
Every time I've seen them in cookbooks, etc. this is what's used. (Perhaps some parenthetical explanation could be inserted?)

You might as well anglicize Hans Chr. Andersen, IMO. ;-)

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Note added at 16 mins (2013-11-06 17:27:31 GMT)
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Some examples of use in English are here: http://tinyurl.com/kpk7cc4

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Note added at 19 mins (2013-11-06 17:30:07 GMT)
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Wikipedia points out that "ebleskiver" is also used in English, which I'd forgotten about. It might be a better choice: http://tinyurl.com/kq5zr4x

Selected response from:

Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 18:45

Grading comment

Thanks, this was what I used for the translation. The client will enjoy adding their own explanation and demonstrations, I suspect!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

Ebelskiver, Apple Skivers, Aebleskiver

Stig Jensen

ebelskiver

Birgit Sabin

æbleskiver

Charles Ek

apple fritters

Diarmuid Kennan

5 -3

Apple slices

Anne Parelius

Discussion entries: 6

Christine Andersen

Denmark

ASKER

18:12 Nov 7, 2013

Thanks everyone for a great discussion and entertaining videos.

A pity pancake puffs is a registered trade mark... Luckily no one can patent dropped scones - Scotch pancakes as we used to call them.
In the end I went for æbleskiver, because in this case they will be served in Denmark, and the accompanying Danes can explain to English guests what they are if necessary.
But I will add the other suggestions to the glossary and note them for future use.

Charles Ek

United States

21:47 Nov 6, 2013

David, your idea is a good one and should be offered as an answer. I haven't seen anything yet indicating the term is trademarked, but I haven't actually checked the feds' trademark register yet.
EDIT: Well, some enterprising Danish-American seems to have taken care to get an IP lawyer on the case. "Pancake Puffs" was registered as a trademark in 2006: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:jqpwgd...

Stig Jensen

United States

19:33 Nov 6, 2013

I must say I like David's solution. It describes what they are without the reader having to wonder. Signe, a Trader Joe's just opened here in Austin. I'll check it out, although I am an æbleskive purist!

David Young (X)

Denmark

Pancake puffs?

19:20 Nov 6, 2013

Got this from the English wikipedia page. I like it because it describes exactly what they are - but it looks like a commercial brand name. See advert here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jubmuEt9jTE
Enjoy (or not, as the case may be) :)

Signe Golly

Denmark

well-known in (parts of?) the US

19:16 Nov 6, 2013

I can't speak for the UK at all but at least in some parts of the US, æbleskiver/aebleskiver/ebelskivers, etc. (yes - frequently with the plural -s) are quite well-known and require no further explanation.
Stig (if you're reading this) - if you ever come across a Trader Joe's around the holidays, you might just be lucky enough to find frozen æbleskiver (although they won't measure up to homemade, I'm sure) ;-)

564354352 (X)

Denmark

Dropped scones?

17:13 Nov 6, 2013

'A kind of round dropped scones'?

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -3

Apple slices

Explanation:
The answer is so very simple: Apple slices. I have many English cookery books here and that's it. :)

Anne Parelius
Canada
Local time: 20:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Norwegian

13 mins confidence:

æbleskiver

Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 18:45
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks, this was what I used for the translation. The client will enjoy adding their own explanation and demonstrations, I suspect!

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Ebelskiver, Apple Skivers, Aebleskiver

Explanation:
As a resident of USA I cannot buy the frozen æbleskiver, so I have to make them myself. Consequently I bought the "Ebelskiver Filled Pancake Pan" (made by Nordic Ware) from Williams-Sonoma last Christmas - it´s excellent :-)
My mother's family in Elk Horn, Iowa call them Apple Skivers.
Some recipes call them Aebleskiver.
Your choice.

Reference: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/search/results.html?landingPa...

Stig Jensen
United States
Local time: 18:45
Native speaker of:

Danish,

English

53 mins confidence:

ebelskiver

Explanation:
several companies in the U.S. sell "ebelskiver pancake pans" and call "ebelskiver" a Danish treat.

Reference: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/search/results.

Birgit Sabin
Local time: 19:45
Native speaker of:

Danish

2 hrs confidence:

apple fritters

Explanation:
This is how I have always translated the term in the past.
https://www.google.ie/search?q=apple fritters&tbm=isch&tbo=u...
They look like æbleskiver to me

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 00:45
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: You are a brave man! Looks are deceptive... There are normally no apples in modern æbleskiver, so English readers who do not know better might be disappointed! They are made from plain, fairly thick batter, closely related to Yorkshire Pudding or dropped scones, as can be seen in the YouTube videos, often with a hint of finely grated lemon peel or a pinch of cardamom. Ideally they should be perfectly spherical, but as long as they are reasonably airy, they taste OK. My husband dislikes the burnt or toasted flavour, but others love it, or drown it in powder sugar and jam.

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