Definition of "lebkuchen" [lebkuchen]

• A chewy, usually honey-flavored Christmas cookie containing nuts and candied fruits. (noun)

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• "To me they taste a little like the fantastic brandy sauce I made to pour over our Christmas pudding, crossed with the thin German lebkuchen biscuits....and with an orange flavour."
• "As we explore the market we stop for some lebkuchen which is a famous traditional gingerbread cake."
• "The main difference was fewer lebkuchen and roasted nuts stands and, in a Gallic twist, more escargot stands."