kuchen
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Kuchen. Doublet of quiche.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kuchen (countable and uncountable, plural kuchens)
- Any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee.
- 1915, National Baker, volume 20, page 72:
- French pastry and bread, Vienna rolls and German kuchens will also be included in the list of articles placed on sale.
- 1920 November 9, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [by Thomas Seltzer] for subscribers only, →OCLC:
- “Shall we go down and have coffee and Kuchen?” he asked.
- 1970, The Culinarian: Official Publication of the Chefs Association of the Pacific Coast, volume 15, page 24:
- Peanuts can be substituted for other nuts in the multitude of German kuchens, tortes and such goodies.
- 1989, Martin M. Pegler, editor, Successful Food Merchandising and Display, Retail Reporting Corporation, →ISBN, page 7, column 1:
- It is baguettes, bagels, braided challahs, big black Russian pumpernickels, light and fluffy German kuchens and Syrian pitas large or small.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch cuchen, coechen, cochen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuh- (“to cough”), likely of onomatopoeic origin. Akin to English cough, German keuchen.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
kuchen
- to give out a dry and brief cough
Inflection edit
Inflection of kuchen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | kuchen | |||
past singular | kuchte | |||
past participle | gekucht | |||
infinitive | kuchen | |||
gerund | kuchen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | kuch | kuchte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | kucht | kuchte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | kucht | kuchte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | kucht | kuchte | ||
3rd person singular | kucht | kuchte | ||
plural | kuchen | kuchten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | kuche | kuchte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | kuchen | kuchten | ||
imperative sing. | kuch | |||
imperative plur.1 | kucht | |||
participles | kuchend | gekucht | ||
1) Archaic. |
Noun edit
kuchen
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Kuchen. Doublet of quiche.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kuchen m (plural kúchenes)
- cake, especially made with fruit