Meanings
nounkaiserschmarrn (uncountable)
- uncountableAn Austrian dessert; a sweetened light shredded pancake filled with cream or fruit sauce, jam, and compote, and powdered with sugar.
Origin
- GermanKaiserschmarrn
- Englishkaiserschmarrn
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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German Kaiserschmarrn
- Kaiserschmarrnsweetened light shredded pancake
Hungarian császármorzsa
- császármorzsasweetened light shredded pancake
Polish kaiserschmarrn, omlet cesarski
- kaiserschmarrnsweetened light shredded pancake
- omlet cesarskisweetened light shredded pancake
Portuguese kaiserschmarrn
- kaiserschmarrnsweetened light shredded pancake
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