Definitions

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  • 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

  • Jelly doughnuts may be called "Berliners" in other parts of Germany, but in Berlin itself, they're called pfannkuchen pancakes.

    Look Out, Germany 2010

  • Fritters were called pfannkuchen, krapfen, and puffer in Germany and plinz in Austria.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • Fritters were called pfannkuchen, krapfen, and puffer in Germany and plinz in Austria.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • 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

  • Although the eggs usually give pfannkuchen their texture, keep the pancake together, and work as a raising agent, they can be easily substituted.

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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.

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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

  • 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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