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Definition of "pfannkuchen" []

  • Puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "pfannkuchen" in a sentence
  • "Jelly doughnuts may be called "Berliners" in other parts of Germany, but in Berlin itself, they're called pfannkuchen pancakes."
  • "Fritters were called pfannkuchen, krapfen, and puffer in Germany and plinz in Austria."
  • "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"