Sachertorte

See also: sacher torte and Sacher torte

English

Alternative forms

• Sacher torte, sacher torte

Etymology

German Sachertorte, from Sacher +‎ Torte (“cake”), named after Austrian confectioner Franz Sacher (1816–1907), who invented it in 1832.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzaxəˌtɔːtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑkɚˌtɔɹt/, / ˈzɑkɚˌtɔɹt/

Noun

Sachertorte (plural Sachertortes or Sachertorten)

1. A torte made of butter, eggs, confectioner's sugar, toasted breadcrumbs, spices, and chocolate, which is baked in layers, put together with apricot jam and finally frosted with chocolate.

Usage notes

• This spelling (as a single word) is the most frequently used spelling, and is the one chosen by Wikipedia and BBC among others. In German, which is where the name comes from, it is the only accepted spelling. On the other hand, many prescriptive dictionaries favor spelling it as two separate words.

Coordinate terms

• Linzer torte

Translations

type of chocolate torte

• Arabic: تَارْت زَاخَا m (tārt zāḵā)
• Bavarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 薩赫蛋糕／萨赫蛋糕 (saat³ haak¹ daan⁶ gou¹), 沙河蛋糕 (saa¹ ho⁴ daan⁶ gou¹)

  Mandarin: 薩赫蛋糕／萨赫蛋糕 (Sàhè dàngāo), 沙河蛋糕 (Shāhé dàngāo)

• Czech: Sacherův dort m, ^{(please verify)} sacher m
• Dutch: Sachertorte (nl) m
• Estonian: Sacher tort
• Finnish: sacherkakku (fi)
• French: Sachertorte (fr) f, tarte Sacher (fr) f
• German: Sachertorte (de) f
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: Sacher-torta (hu)
• Italian: torta Sacher f
• Japanese: ザッハトルテ (zahhatorute), ザッハートルテ (zahhātorute)
• Korean: 자허토르테 (jaheotoreute)
• Polish: tort Sachera m
• Russian: торт «За́хер» m (tort «Záxer»)
• Slovak: Sacherova torta f, ^{(please verify)} sacher m
• Spanish: tarta Sacher f
• Swedish: sachertårta (sv) c
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Sachertorte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• orchestrate

German

Etymology

From Sacher +‎ Torte (“cake”), named after Austrian confectioner Franz Sacher (1816–1907), who invented it in 1832.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaχɐˌtɔʁtə] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaχɐˌtɔɐ̯tɛ/, [ˈsaχɐˌd̥ɔɐd̥ɛ] (Austria)

• Audio

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Noun

Sachertorte f (genitive Sachertorte, plural Sachertorten)

1. Sacher torte (specific type of chocolate torte)

   Hypernyms: Backware, Gebäck, Kuchen, Lebensmittel, Schokoladentorte, Torte

Declension

Declension of Sachertorte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sachertorte	die	Sachertorten
genitive	einer	der	Sachertorte	der	Sachertorten
dative	einer	der	Sachertorte	den	Sachertorten
accusative	eine	die	Sachertorte	die	Sachertorten

Further reading

• “Sachertorte” in Duden online
• “Sachertorte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sachertorte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Italian

Noun

Sachertorte f (invariable)

1. Sachertorte

Anagrams

• orchestrate