Pfefferkuchen

German
Pfefferkuchenmänner
gingerbread men
ein Pfefferkuchenhaus
a gingerbread house

Etymology

Pfeffer (“pepper”) +‎ Kuchen (“cake”). Compare Danish peberkage, Norwegian Bokmål pepperkake, Norwegian Nynorsk peparkake, Swedish pepparkaka.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpfɛfɐkuːxn̩]

Noun

Pfefferkuchen m (genitive Pfefferkuchens, plural Pfefferkuchen)

  1. gingerbread
    Synonyms: Lebkuchen, Honigkuchen, Printe, Weinbeißer
Declension
Declension of Pfefferkuchen
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Pfefferkuchen die Pfefferkuchen
genitive eines des Pfefferkuchens der Pfefferkuchen
dative einem dem Pfefferkuchen den Pfefferkuchen
accusative einen den Pfefferkuchen die Pfefferkuchen
  • Pfefferküchler (“gingerbread baker”)

Derived terms
  • Pfefferkuchenhaus, Pfefferkuchenhäuschen (“gingerbread house”)

References
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