Kuchen

See also: kuchen, Küchen, and küchen-

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːxən/, [ˈkuːxn̩], [ˈkuːχn̩], [-ən]

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German kuoche, from Old High German kuohho, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô. Compare Dutch koek. Doublet of Quiche.

Noun

Kuchen m (strong, genitive Kuchens, plural Kuchen, diminutive Küchlein n or Küchelchen n)

1. pie; cake; tart (foodstuff made of baked dough, other than bread)

Usage notes

• Kuchen can refer to almost any foodstuff that is made of dough, baked in a pan or oven, and considered fit for consumption by itself (unlike bread). Which sorts are in fact called Kuchen and which are not, is mainly a matter of tradition, for which no clear rule can be given. For example, Pizza is not included in the term, unlike the rather similar Zwiebelkuchen (“onion tart”) and Flammkuchen. While most Kuchen have pieces cut from them, the northern German Schmalzkuchen are bite-sized. Similarly, most Kuchen are made of flour, but Reibekuchen are made of potatoes.
• All that said, the prototypical Kuchen is a fairly large, sweet pastry similar to the English cake.

Declension

Declension of Kuchen [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kuchen	die	Kuchen
genitive	eines	des	Kuchens	der	Kuchen
dative	einem	dem	Kuchen	den	Kuchen
accusative	einen	den	Kuchen	die	Kuchen

Hyponyms

• Apfelkuchen
• Aschenkuchen
• Baumkuchen
• Blechkuchen
• Döppekuchen
• Eierkuchen
• Flammkuchen
• Fleischkuchen
• Gemüsekuchen
• Käsekuchen
• Kirschkuchen
• Lebkuchen
• Mohnkuchen
• Mutterkuchen
• Napfkuchen
• Obstkuchen
• Pfannkuchen
• Pflaumenkuchen
• Pustekuchen
• Reibekuchen
• Rosinenkuchen
• Sandkuchen
• Schmalzkuchen
• Speckkuchen
• Spießkuchen
• Streuselkuchen
• Zwiebelkuchen

 

Related terms

• Kuchenbäcker
• Kuchenform
• Kuchengabel
• Kuchengebäck
• Kuchenmesser
• Kuchenplatte
• Kuchenstück
• Kuchenteller
• Kuchentheke

 

Descendants

• → English: kuchen
• → Esperanto: kuko
  • Ido: kuko
• → Japanese: クーヘン (kūhen)
• → Kashubian: kùch
• → Portuguese: cuca, cuque
• → Spanish: kuchen

See also

• Keks
• Torte (cream-based cake)
• kochen

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kuchen n (proper noun, genitive Kuchens or (optionally with an article) Kuchen)

1. A town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Further reading

• “Kuchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kuchen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Kuchen” in Duden online
• Kuchen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kuchen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Luxembourgish

Noun

Kuchen

1. plural of Kuch