"dark rye bread," 1756, pompernickel, from German (Westphalian dialect) Pumpernickel (1663), originally an abusive nickname for a stupid person, from pumpern "to break wind" + Nickel "goblin, lout, rascal," from proper name Niklaus (see Nicholas). An earlier German name for it was krankbrot, literally "sick-bread."
实用例句
1. Politics ran very high at Pumpernickel, and parties were very bitter.
在本浦聂格尔, 政治气氛很浓,各党派之间的仇恨也很深.
来自辞典例句
2. I can't wait to take a bite of the pumpernickel.
