battenberg
/bˈætənbˌɝɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Incidentally, Anthony and I once visited the town of Battenberg, on a sort of pilgrimage. It's a pretty little spot in the Waldeck-Frankenberg state of Hesse, although no one is much interested in talking about cake there."
- "I’m more of a Radio 4-and-a-slice-of-Battenberg type of girl, yet here I am, dancing, drinking, and, inevitably, ending up in the ladies’ loos with two women who were strangers 24 hours ago, applying lipstick and trying not to suffocate in a cloud of Elnett."
- "When the prince married Princess Victoria (Queen Victoria’s granddaughter), the battenberg was their wedding cake."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Battenberg