Laugengebäck
German, noun/ˈlaʊ̯ɡn̩ɡəˌbɛk/
Laugengebäck is spelled L-A-U-G-E-N-G-E-B-Ä-C-K (12 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laugengebäck is a German neuter noun meaning “a small baked speciality made by immersing bread rolls in a lye solution before baking, e.g. a lye roll or a pretzel, and usually topped…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Brot, das vor dem Backen mit Natriumhydroxidlösung (Natronlauge) benetzt wurde”.
What does Laugengebäck mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutera small baked speciality made by immersing bread rolls in a lye solution before baking, e.g. a lye roll or a pretzel, and usually topped with coarse salt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Brot, das vor dem Backen mit Natriumhydroxidlösung (Natronlauge) benetzt wurde
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 Laugengebäck
- Laugengebäcks genitive
- Laugengebäcke plural
- Laugengebäckes genitive singular
- Laugengebäcken dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Laugengebäck?
- /ˈlaʊ̯ɡn̩ɡəˌbɛk/
- [ˈlaʊ̯ɡn̩ɡəˌbɛk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Laugengebäck in German?
Laugengebäck appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).