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kuchen

kuchen

1 8.5
A sweet German cake often made with fruit, custard, or nuts
  • noun
  • /ˈkuːkən/
  • US
: kuchen
  • Sylvie cleared all the brochures and pamphlets from the table and brought the apple kuchen over along with the coffee.
  • apple kuchen

Examples

  • "Sylvie dabbed more paste on Al's cheek, and they all ate kuchen and drank coffee. Sylvie and Al talked about staying here, going back to the city, getting a hotel room for a few days, installing a real professional security system on Monday, and maybe trying another dog.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • You ever seen anyone turn down hot apple kuchen?

    Fiction book (1990)
  • "Apple kuchen," she said with a withering look.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The neighbors were an old, guilt-ridden German couple who had previously been friendly to the Watanabes on holidays, bringing them trays of Christmas kuchen.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Emil, the son of German immigrants who'd brought the Old World craft of brick-oven double-baked rolls, crullers, and kuchen to this Idaho backwater.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • My mom is making kuchen with fresh cherries from the market.

  • At the bakery, I bought a slice of kuchen topped with creamy custard.

  • The homemade kuchen was a delightful treat at the family gathering.

Synonyms

cake
vskuchen
∞ 1.0

A sweet baked food made from flour, sugar, eggs, and fat

is a German dessert that often includes fruit custard or nuts
fruitcake
vskuchen
30 1.4

A rich cake with dried fruit, nuts, and pieces of citrus peel, often served at holidays

is a German dessert often made with fruit, custard, or nuts

How Rich

torte
6 5.3
cheesecake
62 1.0
kuchen
  • US
1 8.5
sponge cake
10 1.8
fruit salad
16 1.0

Surface Forms

kuchen singular
kuchens plural

Etymology

Kuchen comes from German, where it simply means 'cake' and is used for a sweet, often fruit or custard-topped cake. So, in English kuchen usually refers to a German-style sweet cake you might eat with coffee.