Definition
A sweet food made from dough or batter, baked in an oven and usually cut into pieces.
Translations
- English
- cake
- Français
- gâteau
- Türkçe
- kek
- Polski
- ciasto
- Русский
- пирог
- Українська
- пиріг
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Kuchen
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
cake
/deːɐ̯ ˈkuːxn̩/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Kuchen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Kuchen schmeckt nach Schokolade.NominativSing.The cake tastes like chocolate.
- Meine Mutter backt einen Kuchen.AkkusativSing.My mother bakes a cake.
- Wir schneiden den Kuchen in acht Stücke.AkkusativSing.We cut the cake into eight pieces.
- Der Rand des Kuchens ist leicht braun.GenitivSing.The edge of the cake is slightly brown.
- Die Kuchen stehen in der Auslage.NominativPlur.The cakes are in the display case.
- Die Bäckerei verkauft verschiedene Kuchen.AkkusativPlur.The bakery sells different cakes.
- Bei den Kuchen ist der Apfelkuchen besonders beliebt.DativPlur.Among the cakes, the apple cake is especially popular.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Kuchen/ˈkuːxn̩/
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Article phrase
der Kuchen/deːɐ̯ ˈkuːxn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Kuchen | die Kuchen |
| Akkusativ | den Kuchen | die Kuchen |
| Dativ | dem Kuchen | den Kuchen |
| Genitiv | des Kuchens | der Kuchen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeinen Kuchen backen
- Collocationeinen Kuchen schneiden
- Sentence patternein Stück Kuchen
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word