a type of heavy dark brown bread made from rye, originally from Germany and often sold in slices Topics Foodc2黑麦粗面包(源于德国,常切片出售) Oxford Collocations DictionaryPumpernickel is used before these nouns:- bread
Word Originmid 18th cent.: transferred use of German Pumpernickel ‘lout, bumpkin’, of unknown ultimate origin.