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baumkuchen

/ˈbaʊmˌkuːxən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
baumkuchen
IPA
/ˈbaʊmˌkuːxən/
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of layer cake, traditionally baked on a spit, in which the layers resemble concentric tree rings.

Uncountable

Etymology

From German Baumkuchen (literally “tree cake”), because the concentric layers resemble tree rings.

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How do you pronounce baumkuchen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbaʊmˌkuːxən/.
What does baumkuchen mean?
A kind of layer cake, traditionally baked on a spit, in which the layers resemble concentric tree rings.
Where does baumkuchen come from?
It is traced to German.

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