Butterkuchen
German, noun/ˈbʊtɐˌkuːxn̩/
Butterkuchen is spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-K-U-C-H-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Butterkuchen is a German masculine noun meaning “a simple German butter cake baked on a tray, sprinkled with sugar, streusel, and sometimes almonds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Blechkuchen aus Hefeteig, der mit Stückchen aus Butter und Zucker belegt ist”.
What does Butterkuchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea simple German butter cake baked on a tray, sprinkled with sugar, streusel, and sometimes almonds
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Blechkuchen aus Hefeteig, der mit Stückchen aus Butter und Zucker belegt ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Butterkuchen
- Butterkuchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Butterkuchen?
- /ˈbʊtɐˌkuːxn̩/
- [ˈbʊtɐˌkuːxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Butterkuchen in German?
Butterkuchen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).