Any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee.
Used in a Sentence
kuchen
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kuchen.
Editorial note
Küchlein would be the diminutive of Kuchen (cake) so a small cake or sweet pastry.
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Quick take
Any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee.
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for kuchen.
noun
Any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee.
Example sentences
Küchlein would be the diminutive of Kuchen (cake) so a small cake or sweet pastry.
And despite living in Valdivia –a city that once had street signs in German– I can't recall any other German loanwords aside from kuchen.
Similar for German Kuchen and English Cake.
> Neither German nor others were numerous enough to influence the Chilean dialect I’ll just say: kuchen, cachái.
French influenced English and Russian, Arabic influenced Spanish, but the only linguistic legacy of Germans in Chile are kuchen, strudel, and some weird last names used as street names.
> I can't recall any other German loanwords aside from kuchen.
> the only linguistic legacy of Germans in Chile are kuchen, strudel, and some weird last names used as street names You forgot bocha, polca, and murra.
Proper noun examples
But there are lots of things that an English speaker might call bread, that a German speaker might call Kuchen.
Over here it is more like Kaffee & Kuchen, but yeah.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use kuchen in a sentence?
Küchlein would be the diminutive of Kuchen (cake) so a small cake or sweet pastry.
What does kuchen mean?
Any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee.
What part of speech is kuchen?
kuchen is commonly used as noun.