kuchen
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kuchen
First recorded in 1850–55, kuchen is from the German word Kuchen cake
Example Sentences
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Hand-lettered in red and blue ink, the directions told Walker what route to take to meet a Soviet agent in Vienna, starting at a store called Komet Küchen, which sells kitchen cabinets.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Such extraordinarily huge reddish hands as might have grasped six seidels together in the Deutsche Küchen on 13th street.
From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)
I been up two hours with my Küchen and cheese-pie fixed already for this afternoon, and my daughter sleeps like a lady!
From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie
Yesterday it was all I could do to get her to go to Rosie Freund's linen shower; she wanted to stay home and help me with to-day's Küchen.
From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie
"Rinderbrust und Kartoffel Salad, pa, mit Apful Küchen und Kaletraufschnitt."
From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie
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