Baumkuchen

English

Etymology

From German Baumkuchen (literally “tree cake”), because the concentric layers resemble tree rings.

Baumkuchen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʊmˌkuːxən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

Baumkuchen (uncountable)

1. A kind of layer cake, traditionally baked on a spit, in which the layers resemble concentric tree rings.

Translations

a kind of layered cake

• German: Baumkuchen (de) m
• Japanese: バウムクーヘン (ja) (baumukūhen), バームクーヘン (ja) (bāmukūhen)
• Turkish: makara (tr)

German

Etymology

From Baum (“tree”) +‎ Kuchen (“cake”), because the concentric-ring layers resemble tree rings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʊ̯mˌkuːχn̩/

• Audio

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• Audio

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Noun

Baumkuchen m (strong, genitive Baumkuchens, plural Baumkuchen)

1. Baumkuchen (layered cake)

Declension

Declension of Baumkuchen [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Baumkuchen	die	Baumkuchen
genitive	eines	des	Baumkuchens	der	Baumkuchen
dative	einem	dem	Baumkuchen	den	Baumkuchen
accusative	einen	den	Baumkuchen	die	Baumkuchen

Descendants

• → English: Baumkuchen
• → Japanese: バウムクーヘン (baumukūhen)

Further reading

• “Baumkuchen” in Duden online