stroopwafel
stroop·wa·fel/ˈstɹoʊpˌwɑfəl/noun
stroopwafel is a noun meaning “A Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers with syrup in between” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-T-R-O-O-P-W-A-F-E-L and has 3 syllables (stroop·wa·fel), and it appears about once in every 91 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of stroopwafel is stroopwafels.
What does stroopwafel mean?
noun
- 1
A Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers with syrup in between.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce stroopwafel?
- UK /ˈstɹəʊpˌwɒfəl/
- US /ˈstɹoʊpˌwɑfəl/
- /ˈstɹuːp-/
Stroopwafel has 3 syllables, split stroop·wa·fel in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-stroopwafel.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stroopwafel
- stroopwafels plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is stroopwafel?
Stroopwafel appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Stroopwafel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gaufres fourrées au caramel, stroopwafel |
| German | Sirupwaffel, Stroopwafel, Honigwaffel |
| Spanish | galleta gofre |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stroopwafel come from?
Borrowed from Dutch stroopwafel, from stroop (“syrup”) + wafel (“wafer; waffle”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).