Häagen-Dazs

Meaning

Proper Noun

• Ice cream of a certain high-end brand.

Origin

• The name was coined by the creator of the brand, who intended it to seem Danish to honour Denmark for aiding Jews during the Holocaust, but to be unique. The words have no meaning and Danish does not actually use the letter ä or the digraph zs.{{cite-web
• |author=Joan Nathan
• |date=2012-08-02
• |work=Tablet Magazine
• |title=Ice Cream's Jewish Innovators
• |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/108106/ice-creams-jewish-innovators