kuchen

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Kuchen. Doublet of quiche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkukən/ === Noun === kuchen (countable and uncountable, plural kuchens) Any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʏ.xə(n)/ Hyphenation: ku‧chen Rhymes: -ʏxən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch cuchen, coechen, cochen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuh- (“to cough”), likely of onomatopoeic origin. Akin to English cough, German keuchen. ==== Verb ==== kuchen (intransitive) to give out a dry and brief cough ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== kuchen plural of kuch == Middle English == === Noun === kuchen (Worcestershire) alternative form of kichene == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Kuchen. Doublet of quiche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuxen/ [ˈku.xẽn] Rhymes: -uxen Syllabification: ku‧chen === Noun === kuchen m (plural kúchenes) (Chile) cake, especially made with fruit ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “kuchen”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010