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lebkuchen

lebkuchen noun: a traditional German Christmas biscuit form of gingerbread.

Noun

lebkuchen (plural lebkuchen or lebkuchens)

  1. A traditional German Christmas biscuit form of gingerbread.
    • The kettle was coming to the boil, and the tray was ready with two teacups and the little sweet lebkuchen that Rachel liked.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN

Forms of lebkuchen

plurallebkuchen
plurallebkuchens

Origin of lebkuchen

Borrowed from German Lebkuchen, from Middle High German lebekuoche.

Questions about lebkuchen

What does lebkuchen mean?
Lebkuchen means a traditional German Christmas biscuit form of gingerbread.
What part of speech is lebkuchen?
Lebkuchen is a noun.
What is the plural of lebkuchen?
The plural of lebkuchen is lebkuchen.

Words near lebkuchen in the dictionary

  1. lebia
  2. lebias
  3. lebiasinid
  4. lebiasinids
  5. Lebid
  6. lebkuchen
  7. lebkuchens
  8. LeBlanc
  9. Leblanc process
  10. leblebi
  11. leblebis

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