Spritzkuchen
German, noun[ˈʃpʁɪt͡sˌkuːxn̩]
Spritzkuchen is spelled S-P-R-I-T-Z-K-U-C-H-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spritzkuchen is a German masculine noun meaning “pastry made of choux pastry and formed as a ring (similar to doughnuts) with a pastry bag (see photo) that is fried (and generally has a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “krapfenähnliches, aus Brandmasse bestehendes Gebäck, das mit einem Spritzbeutel oder dergleichen in eine…”.
What does Spritzkuchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepastry made of choux pastry and formed as a ring (similar to doughnuts) with a pastry bag (see photo) that is fried (and generally has a sugar icing)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. krapfenähnliches, aus Brandmasse bestehendes Gebäck, das mit einem Spritzbeutel oder dergleichen in eine Kringelform gebracht und in Fett schwimmend gebacken (sowie in der Regel mit einer Zuckerglasur überzogen) wird
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 Spritzkuchen
- Spritzkuchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spritzkuchen?
- [ˈʃpʁɪt͡sˌkuːxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spritzkuchen in German?
Spritzkuchen appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).