sachertorte

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UK/ˈzaxəˌtɔːtə/US/ˈsɑkɚˌtɔɹt/US/ ˈzɑkɚˌtɔɹt/

noun

A torte made of butter, eggs, confectioners' sugar, toasted breadcrumbs, spices, and chocolate, which is baked in layers, put together with apricot jam and finally frosted with chocolate.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

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nounsachertorte (countable and uncountable, plural sachertortes or sachertorten)

plural sachertortes · plural sachertorten

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Sachertorte.

    Vienna – enjoy a slice of sachertorte in this historic capital.

    2016, Caravan Club, “Austria”, in Kate Walters, editor, Touring Europe: Central and South East Europe, Benelux and Scandinavia, East Grinstead, West Sussex: Caravan Club, →ISBN, page 88, column 2
    3 more examples

    Aida is a pastry shop chain with 20-odd branches around the city serving the best coffee and the finest cakes in town. Forget the sachertortes, there’s so much more on offer!

    2009, Christof Nardin, “Austria, Vienna”, in Ziggy Hanaor, editor, Graphic Europe: An Alternative Guide to 31 European Cities, London: Cicada Books, →ISBN, page 9, column 2

    Behind the glass are glistening sachertorten, baked cheesecakes, and sausage rolls with apricots.

    2009, Time Out, “Luca’s”, in Time Out London Eating & Drinking 2010: London’s Definitive Restaurant Guide, 27th edition, London: Time Out Guides, →ISBN, page 293, column 2

    He ordered tea for them both, and asked for a slice of sachertorte.

    2016, Cristina Caboni, translated by Ruth Clarke, “Thyme”, in Secret Ways of Perfume, London: Black Swan, →ISBN, page 244

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nounSachertorte (countable and uncountable, plural Sachertortes or Sachertorten)

plural Sachertortes · plural Sachertorten · alternative Sacher torte · alternative sacher torte · alternative Sacher-torte · alternative sachertorte

  1. countableuncountableA torte made of butter, eggs, confectioners' sugar, toasted breadcrumbs, spices, and chocolate, which is baked in layers, put together with apricot jam and finally frosted with chocolate.

    Another specialty of mine is sachertorte! Does that sound good? Yeah, I love zasherturtle.

    2014 July 28 [2011], Kazune Kawahara, chapter 1, in JN Productions, transl., My Love Story!!, volume 1, Viz Media, translation of 俺物語!! [Ore Monogatari!!], →ISBN, unnumbered page
    1 more example

    The performance was sold out, and Sachertorte—enriched with plenty of cocoa, with apricot jam spread lavishly beneath the chocolate icing—was to be served during intermission.

    2018, Rodica Doehnert, translated by Alison Layland, chapter 1, in Hotel Sacher: A Novel, Seattle, Wash.: AmazonCrossing, →ISBN, book 1 (Death), page 3

Origin

  1. GermanSachertorte
  2. EnglishSachertorte

From German Sachertorte, from Sacher + Torte (“tart, round cake”). By surface analysis, Sacher + torte. Named after Austrian confectioner Franz Sacher (1816–1907), who invented it in 1832.

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Translations

Arabic تَارْت زَاخَا
  • تَارْت زَاخَا (tārt zāḵā)type of chocolate torte
Chinese Cantonese 薩赫蛋糕 /萨赫蛋糕, 沙河蛋糕
  • 薩赫蛋糕 /萨赫蛋糕 (saat³ haak¹ daan⁶ gou¹)type of chocolate torte
  • 沙河蛋糕 (saa¹ ho⁴ daan⁶ gou¹)type of chocolate torte
Chinese Mandarin 薩赫蛋糕 /萨赫蛋糕, 沙河蛋糕
  • 薩赫蛋糕 /萨赫蛋糕 (Sàhè dàngāo)type of chocolate torte
  • 沙河蛋糕 (Shāhé dàngāo)type of chocolate torte
Czech Sacherův dort
  • Sacherův dorttype of chocolate torte
Dutch Sachertorte
  • Sachertortetype of chocolate torte
Estonian Sacher tort
  • Sacher torttype of chocolate torte
Finnish sacherkakku
  • sacherkakkutype of chocolate torte
French Sachertorte, tarte Sacher
  • Sachertortetype of chocolate torte
  • tarte Sachertype of chocolate torte
German Sachertorte
  • Sachertortetype of chocolate torte
Greek ζάχερ τόρτε
  • ζάχερ τόρτε (zácher tórte)type of chocolate torte
Hungarian Sacher-torta
  • Sacher-tortatype of chocolate torte
Italian torta Sacher
  • torta Sachertype of chocolate torte
Japanese ザッハトルテ, ザッハートルテ
  • ザッハトルテ (zahhatorute)type of chocolate torte
  • ザッハートルテ (zahhātorute)type of chocolate torte
Korean 자허토르테
  • 자허토르테 (jaheotoreute)type of chocolate torte
Polish tort Sachera
  • tort Sacheratype of chocolate torte
Russian торт «За́хер»
  • торт «За́хер»type of chocolate torte
Slovak Sacherova torta
  • Sacherova tortatype of chocolate torte
Spanish tarta Sacher
  • tarta Sachertype of chocolate torte
Swedish sachertårta
  • sachertårtatype of chocolate torte

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sachertorte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sachertorte

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Chicago

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