Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lebkuchen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: lebkuchen
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional German Christmas biscuit form of gingerbread.

Example Sentences

"The kettle was coming to the boil, and the tray was ready with two teacups and the little sweet lebkuchen that Rachel liked."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lebkuchen, from Middle High German lebekuoche.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Lebkuchen, lebekuoche

Inflected Forms

lebkuchens (plural)

Questions

What does lebkuchen mean?: A traditional German Christmas biscuit form of gingerbread.
Where does lebkuchen come from?: It is traced to German.

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