Polyglot Dictionary

Eierkuchen

/ˈaɪ̯ɐˌkuːxn̩/

der noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Eierkuchen

Meaning

  1. pancake

    Built from Ei (egg) + Kuchen (cake).

    • Zum Frühstück gibt es Eierkuchen.

      There are pancakes for breakfast.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Ei egg
  • Kuchen cake

Similar words

Pfannkuchen

Near-total synonyms for "pancake," a regional variation — but watch out, in Berlin Pfannkuchen confusingly means a jelly doughnut, not a pancake.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

panqueca

panqueca is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pancake."

Practice

1 What does Eierkuchen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Zum Frühstück gibt es ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Eierkuchen?

nouncompound

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