Pfefferkuchen in German

IPA: [ˈpfɛfɐkuːxn̩] Audio: De-Pfefferkuchen.ogg

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Etymology: Pfeffer (“pepper”) + Kuchen (“cake”). Compare Dutch peperkoek, Danish peberkage, Norwegian Bokmål pepperkake, Norwegian Nynorsk peparkake, Swedish pepparkaka. Etymology templates: {{compound|de|Pfeffer|Kuchen|t1=pepper|t2=cake}} Pfeffer (“pepper”) + Kuchen (“cake”), {{cog|nl|peperkoek}} Dutch peperkoek, {{cog|da|peberkage}} Danish peberkage, {{cog|nb|pepperkake}} Norwegian Bokmål pepperkake, {{cog|nn|peparkake}} Norwegian Nynorsk peparkake, {{cog|sv|pepparkaka}} Swedish pepparkaka Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Pfefferkuchen m (strong, genitive Pfefferkuchens, plural Pfefferkuchen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Pfefferkuchens [genitive], Pfefferkuchen [plural], strong [table-tags], Pfefferkuchen [nominative, singular], Pfefferkuchen [definite, nominative, plural], Pfefferkuchens [genitive, singular], Pfefferkuchen [definite, genitive, plural], Pfefferkuchen [dative, singular], Pfefferkuchen [dative, definite, plural], Pfefferkuchen [accusative, singular], Pfefferkuchen [accusative, definite, plural]

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Pfeffer",
        "3": "Kuchen",
        "t1": "pepper",
        "t2": "cake"
      },
      "expansion": "Pfeffer (“pepper”) + Kuchen (“cake”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "peperkoek"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch peperkoek",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "peberkage"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish peberkage",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "pepperkake"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål pepperkake",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "peparkake"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk peparkake",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "pepparkaka"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish pepparkaka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Pfeffer (“pepper”) + Kuchen (“cake”). Compare Dutch peperkoek, Danish peberkage, Norwegian Bokmål pepperkake, Norwegian Nynorsk peparkake, Swedish pepparkaka.",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Pfefferkuchen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Pfefferkuchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "Pfefferkuchen",
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    {
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        "genitive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Pfefferkuchen",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
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    {
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Pfefferkuchenhaus"
        },
        {
          "english": "gingerbread house",
          "translation": "gingerbread house",
          "word": "Pfefferkuchenhäuschen"
        }
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          "word": "Pfefferküchler"
        }
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        {
          "word": "Lebkuchen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Honigkuchen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Printe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weinbeißer"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Pfefferkuchen"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Pfefferkuchenhaus"
    },
    {
      "english": "gingerbread house",
      "translation": "gingerbread house",
      "word": "Pfefferkuchenhäuschen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Pfeffer",
        "3": "Kuchen",
        "t1": "pepper",
        "t2": "cake"
      },
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      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "peperkoek"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch peperkoek",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "peberkage"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish peberkage",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "pepperkake"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål pepperkake",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "peparkake"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk peparkake",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "pepparkaka"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish pepparkaka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pfefferkuchen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Pfefferkuchen",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pfefferkuchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pfefferkuchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pfefferkuchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pfefferkuchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "gingerbread baker",
      "translation": "gingerbread baker",
      "word": "Pfefferküchler"
    }
  ],
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        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "gingerbread"
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        "(especially Central Eastern Germany) gingerbread"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Lebkuchen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Honigkuchen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Printe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weinbeißer"
        }
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        "Eastern",
        "Germany",
        "especially",
        "masculine",
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      "ipa": "[ˈpfɛfɐkuːxn̩]"
    },
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}

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"Pfefferkuchen" meaning in German

Noun