Meanings
black forest1
- attributiveAlternative letter-case form of Black Forest.
Wow your party guests with these yummy black forest cupcakes
2015 October, The Singapore Women’s Weekly, page 172 more examples
So the knights worked on their pies. Starry Knight made a shepherd’s pie. Knight Owl made a black forest pie.
2011, Karen Poth, Princess Petunia’s Sweet Apple Pie (VeggieTales), Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zonderkidz, →ISBN, page 16Enterprising food includes sandwiches, chicken liver pâté with caramelised red onion marmalade, curried crab croquettes with chilli, mango and spring onion salsa, carrot, lentil and mint fritters with red pepper, apricot and giant couscous salad, beef in ale pudding, seared swordfish steak with tomato sauce and charred vegetables, shredded duck salad with oranges, pistachio nuts and pomegranate dressing, and puddings such as iced black forest parfait with boozy cherries and lemon trifle.
2015, Fiona Stapley, editor, The Good Pub Guide 2016, London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 125
Black Forest2
- A large forest and mountain range in southwestern Germany.
- attributiveA style of confectionery that is a combination of dark chocolate, cream, and cherries.
One reader combines equal parts of cherry pie filling and chocolate pudding for a quick dessert—a sort of Black Forest pudding or parfait.
1995, Heloise [Cruse Evans], Hints for All Occasions, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Corporation, →ISBN, page 3033 more examples
So was perspective, Kristen learned as she entered her kitchen and found Casey sitting at her built-in peninsula, chowing through a mini mason jar full of chocolate-cherry Black Forest pie with mocha whipped cream and bittersweet chocolate shavings and almond brittle.
2012, Lisa Plumley, Together for Christmas, New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 246She squeezed out a lump of whipped cream frosting onto two of the last batch of Black Forest cupcakes when a throat cleared in the front and startled her.
2014, Sarina Bowen, Rebecca Avery, Amy Jo Cousins, Denise McDonald, Harlequin E Contemporary Romance Box Set, volume 1, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBNOpened in 2018 in the ruined castle Burg Landshut, this state-of-the-art restaurant is worth the steep climb (or shuttle-bus ride) for modern German cuisine such as sauerkraut and blood-sausage soup, and pike-perch with bacon and cabbage mash, topped off by desserts like Black Forest mousse with berry coulis and Riesling sorbet with poached local peaches.
2019, Marc Di Duca, Anthony Ham, Catherine Le Nevez, Ali Lemer, Hugh McNaughtan, Leonid Ragozin, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Benedict Walker, Kerry Christiani, Germany, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN
Origin
- GermanSchwarzwald
- EnglishBlack Forest
Calque of German Schwarzwald.
More words from German
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Afrikaans Swartwoud
- SwartwoudGerman forest and mountain range
Arabic الْغَابَة السَّوْدَاء
- الْغَابَة السَّوْدَاءGerman forest and mountain range
Basque Oihan Beltza
- Oihan BeltzaGerman forest and mountain range
Catalan Selva Negra
- Selva NegraGerman forest and mountain range
Chinese Mandarin 黑森林, 黑林山
- 黑森林 (Hēi Sēnlín)German forest and mountain range
- 黑林山 (Hēilínshān)German forest and mountain range
Czech Černý les
- Černý lesGerman forest and mountain range
Danish Schwarzwald
- SchwarzwaldGerman forest and mountain range
Dutch Zwarte Woud
- Zwarte WoudGerman forest and mountain range
Esperanto Nigra Arbaro
- Nigra ArbaroGerman forest and mountain range
Estonian Schwarzwald, Mustmets
- SchwarzwaldGerman forest and mountain range
- MustmetsGerman forest and mountain range
Finnish Schwarzwald, Schwartzwald
- SchwarzwaldGerman forest and mountain range
- SchwartzwaldGerman forest and mountain range
French Forêt-Noire, Forêt Noire
- Forêt-NoireGerman forest and mountain range
- Forêt NoireGerman forest and mountain range
German Schwarzwald
- SchwarzwaldGerman forest and mountain range
Greek Μέλας Δρυμός
- Μέλας Δρυμός (Mélas Drymós)German forest and mountain range
Hebrew הַיַעַר הָשָׁחֹר
- הַיַעַר הָשָׁחֹר (ha-yá'ar ha-Shakhór)German forest and mountain range
Hindi ब्लैक फॉरेस्ट
- ब्लैक फॉरेस्ट (blaik phŏresṭ)German forest and mountain range
Hungarian Fekete-erdő
- Fekete-erdőGerman forest and mountain range
Icelandic Svartiskógur, Myrkviður
- SvartiskógurGerman forest and mountain range
- MyrkviðurGerman forest and mountain range
Indonesian Hutan Hitam
- Hutan HitamGerman forest and mountain range
Irish an Fhoraois Dhubh
- an Fhoraois DhubhGerman forest and mountain range
Italian Foresta Nera, Selva Nera
- Foresta NeraGerman forest and mountain range
- Selva NeraGerman forest and mountain range
Japanese シュヴァルツヴァルト
- シュヴァルツヴァルト (Shuvarutsuvaruto)German forest and mountain range
Korean 슈바르츠발트
- 슈바르츠발트 (Syubareucheubalteu)German forest and mountain range
Latin Nigra silva
- Nigra silvaGerman forest and mountain range
Latvian Švarcvalde
- ŠvarcvaldeGerman forest and mountain range
Lithuanian Švarcvaldas
- ŠvarcvaldasGerman forest and mountain range
Persian جنگل سیاه
- جنگل سیاه (jangal siyâh)German forest and mountain range
Polish Czarny Las, Schwarzwald
- Czarny LasGerman forest and mountain range
- SchwarzwaldGerman forest and mountain range
Portuguese Floresta Negra
- Floresta NegraGerman forest and mountain range
Punjabi ਕਾਲਾ ਜੰਗਲ
- ਕਾਲਾ ਜੰਗਲ (kālā jaṅgal)German forest and mountain range
Romanian Pădurea Neagră
- Pădurea NeagrăGerman forest and mountain range
Russian Шва́рцвальд
- Шва́рцвальд (Švárcvalʹd)German forest and mountain range
Slovak Čierny les, Schwarzwald
- Čierny lesGerman forest and mountain range
- SchwarzwaldGerman forest and mountain range
Spanish Selva Negra
- Selva NegraGerman forest and mountain range
Swahili Msitu Mweusi
- Msitu MweusiGerman forest and mountain range
Turkish Kara Orman
- Kara OrmanGerman forest and mountain range
Ukrainian Чо́рний ліс, Шва́рцвальд
- Чо́рний ліс (Čórnyj lis)German forest and mountain range
- Шва́рцвальд (Švárcvalʹd)German forest and mountain range
Urdu سیاہ جنگل
- سیاہ جنگل (siyāh jaṅgal)German forest and mountain range
Vietnamese Rừng Đen
- Rừng ĐenGerman forest and mountain range
Welsh Fforest Ddu
- Fforest DduGerman forest and mountain range
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