a wordCruller
also: kruller · crulla
One word, three pastries, and no authority to appeal to.
In North America: either a small loaf- or stick-shaped cake donut, or the choux ring sold as a French cruller.
First seen. late 18th to early 19th century in the United States, with Pennsylvania Dutch settlers
The Aberdeen crulla is first attested in Edinburgh in 1829 and is thought by the Scottish National Dictionary to copy the American word. Cited · wp-cruller
The story Cited · wp-cruller
From the Dutch kruller, from krullen, to curl. Pennsylvania Dutch settlers brought it in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In Europe the shape is a twist or a plaited rectangle pulled through itself; northern Germany calls those Hirschhörner, deer horns, and Scandinavia makes them at Christmas — klejner in Danish, klenäter in Swedish.
Milwaukee's cruller is a glazed loaf-shaped cake donut with a crunchy shell. The Aberdeen crulla is Scottish, first attested in Edinburgh in 1829 and thought to copy the American cruller. Youtiao and mahua both get called Chinese crullers in English.
The particulars
| part of speech | noun |
|---|---|
| region | The United States |
| confidence | high · updated 2026-09-16 |
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Where we got it
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