kuchen

See also:Kuchen,Küchen,andküchen-

English

Marmorkuchen(marble cake)

Etymology

BorrowedfromGermanKuchen.Doubletofquiche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkukən/

Noun

kuchen(countableanduncountable,pluralkuchens)

1. Any of several types ofcake,typically eaten withcoffee.
   • 1915,National Baker,volume20,page72:

     French pastry and bread, Vienna rolls and Germankuchenswill also be included in the list of articles placed on sale.

   • 1920November 9,D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence,Women in Love,New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [byThomas Seltzer] for subscribers only,→OCLC:

     “Shall we go down and have coffee andKuchen?”he asked.

   • 1970,The Culinarian: Official Publication of the Chefs Association of the Pacific Coast,volume15,page24:

     Peanutscan be substituted for other nuts in the multitude of Germankuchens,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 Germankuchensand Syrian pitas large or small.

   • 2010[1949], Marion Flexner,Out Of Kentucky Kitchens,University Press of Kentucky,→ISBN,page226:

     We always make up two crusts at a time, lining two pans with thekuchendough and keeping one in the icebox until ready to bake.

Dutch

Etymology

FromMiddle Dutchcuchen,coechen,cochen,ultimately fromProto-Germanic*kuh-(“to cough”),likely ofonomatopoeicorigin. Akin toEnglishcough,Germankeuchen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

kuchen

1. to give out a dry and briefcough

Conjugation

Conjugation ofkuchen(weak)
infinitive	kuchen
pastsingular	kuchte
pastparticiple	gekucht
infinitive	kuchen
gerund	kuchenn
	present tense	past tense
1st personsingular	kuch	kuchte
2nd personsing.(jij)	kucht,kuch2	kuchte
2nd personsing.(u)	kucht	kuchte
2nd personsing.(gij)	kucht	kuchte
3rd personsingular	kucht	kuchte
plural	kuchen	kuchten
subjunctivesing.1	kuche	kuchte
subjunctiveplur.1	kuchen	kuchten
imperativesing.	kuch
imperativeplur.1	kucht
participles	kuchend	gekucht
1)Archaic.2)In case ofinversion.

Noun

kuchen

1. pluralofkuch

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromGermanKuchen.Doubletofquiche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkuxen/[ˈku.xẽn]
• Rhymes:-uxen

Noun

kuchenm(pluralkúchenes)

1. cake,especially made with fruit

Usage notes

According toRoyal Spanish Academy(RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.