Etymology

kaiserschmarrn

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Today it means: An Austrian dessert; a sweetened light shredded pancake filled with cream or fruit sauce, jam, and compote, and powdered with sugar. Full definition →

German Kaiserschmarrn
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  1. German · borrowed fromKaiserschmarrn
  2. English todaykaiserschmarrn

From German Kaiserschmarrn (literally “Emperor’s mess”), from Kaiser + Schmarrn, so named from being first prepared for Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph I.

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