Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce
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Examples
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Jelly doughnuts may be called "Berliners" in other parts of Germany, but in Berlin itself, they're called pfannkuchen pancakes.
Look Out, Germany 2010
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Fritters were called pfannkuchen, krapfen, and puffer in Germany and plinz in Austria.
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Fritters were called pfannkuchen, krapfen, and puffer in Germany and plinz in Austria.
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It took me a day or two to pronounce it right, but my mother speaks German so I'd always ask for "pfannkuchen" for breakfast
WordPress.com News 2009
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Although the eggs usually give pfannkuchen their texture, keep the pancake together, and work as a raising agent, they can be easily substituted.
WordPress.com News 2009
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If you search the internet for pfannkuchen recipes, a lot of people who post their recipes of and give advice on pfannkuchen will tell you that vegan pfannkuchen are not possible.
WordPress.com News 2009
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They have pot roast with potato pfannkuchen on Tuesdays, and we can split an order between us. "
Buttered Side Down: Stories Edna Ferber 1926
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They have pot roast with potato pfannkuchen on Tuesdays, and we can split an order between us. "
Buttered Side Down 1911
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