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kaiserschmarrn

kaiserschmarrn noun: an Austrian dessert; a sweetened light shredded pancake filled with cream or fruit sauce, jam, and compote, and powdered with sugar.

kaiserschmarrn: an Austrian dessert; a sweetened light shredded pancake filled with cream or fruit sauce, jam, and...
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Noun

kaiserschmarrn (uncountable)

  1. An Austrian dessert; a sweetened light shredded pancake filled with cream or fruit sauce, jam, and compote, and powdered with sugar.

Origin of kaiserschmarrn

From German Kaiserschmarrn (literally “Emperor’s mess”), from Kaiser + Schmarrn, so named from being first prepared for Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph I.

Questions about kaiserschmarrn

What does kaiserschmarrn mean?
Kaiserschmarrn means an Austrian dessert; a sweetened light shredded pancake filled with cream or fruit sauce, jam, and compote, and powdered with sugar.
What part of speech is kaiserschmarrn?
Kaiserschmarrn is a noun.

Words near kaiserschmarrn in the dictionary

  1. Kaiserish
  2. Kaiserism
  3. Kaiserisms
  4. kaiserlich
  5. kaisers
  6. kaiserschmarrn
  7. kaisership
  8. kaiserships
  9. Kaiserslautern
  10. kaishao
  11. kaishu

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