Keks

/keːks/

der noun A1

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Kekse

Meaning

  1. biscuit, cookie

    • Ich esse einen Keks zum Tee.

      I eat a biscuit with tea.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Plätzchen

Plätzchen is often specifically Christmas cookies; Keks is the general everyday word for "biscuit, cookie."

Similar in other languages

French

biscuit

biscuit is the French word for the same thing — both mean "biscuit, cookie."

Practice

1 What does Keks mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich esse einen ___ zum Tee.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Keks?

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