Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

german chocolate cake

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: ger-man -choco-late -cake
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A layered chocolate cake filled and topped with coconut-pecan frosting.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the earlier form German's Chocolate cake (1957), so named because it used a variety of chocolate developed by Samuel German, an English-American chocolate maker employed by James Baker's chocolate company (which also developed baker's chocolate).

Usage

Inflected Forms

German chocolate cakes (plural)

Phrases

German chocolate

Questions

What does german chocolate cake mean?: A layered chocolate cake filled and topped with coconut-pecan frosting.
Where does german chocolate cake come from?: From the earlier form German's Chocolate cake (1957), so named because it used a variety of chocolate developed by Samuel German, an English-American chocolate maker employed by James Baker's chocolate company (which also developed baker's chocolate).

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