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kuchen

/ˈkukən/

kuchen noun: any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee.

kuchen: any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee
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Noun

kuchen (countable and uncountable, plural kuchens)

  1. Any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee.
    • French pastry and bread, Vienna rolls and German kuchens will also be included in the list of articles placed on sale.1915, National Baker, volume 20, page 72
    • “Shall we go down and have coffee and Kuchen?” he asked.1920 November 9, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [by Thomas Seltzer] for subscribers only, →OCLC

Examples of kuchen in a sentence

  • Peanuts can be substituted for other nuts in the multitude of German kuchens, tortes and such goodies.1970, The Culinarian: Official Publication of the Chefs Association of the Pacific Coast, volume 15, page 24:
  • It is baguettes, bagels, braided challahs, big black Russian pumpernickels, light and fluffy German kuchens and Syrian pitas large or small.1989, Martin M. Pegler, editor, Successful Food Merchandising and Display, Retail Reporting Corporation, →ISBN, page 7, column 1:
  • We always make up two crusts at a time, lining two pans with the kuchen dough and keeping one in the icebox until ready to bake.2010 [1949], Marion Flexner, Out Of Kentucky Kitchens, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 226:

Forms of kuchen

pluralkuchens

Origin of kuchen

Borrowed from German Kuchen. Doublet of quiche.

Questions about kuchen

What does kuchen mean?
Kuchen means any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee.
How do you use kuchen in a sentence?
Peanuts can be substituted for other nuts in the multitude of German kuchens, tortes and such goodies.
What part of speech is kuchen?
Kuchen is a noun.
How do you pronounce kuchen?
Kuchen is pronounced /ˈkukən/.
What is the plural of kuchen?
The plural of kuchen is kuchens.

Words near kuchen in the dictionary

  1. Kuche
  2. Kuchean
  3. Kucheans
  4. kucheela
  5. kuchela
  6. kuchen
  7. kuchens
  8. Kucher
  9. Kuchera
  10. Kucheras
  11. Kuchers

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