Meanings
- A cake of German origin made of yeast dough covered with sweet crumb topping.
At Mainz we discovered a café close to the theatre, and sipped coffee and ate Streuselkuchen out of doors in the shadow of the cathedral and Gutenberg's statue.
1915, Harriet Julia Campbell Jephson, German Travel NotesSynonyms: crumb cake
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cake of German origin made of yeast dough covered with sweet crumb topping.
Origin
- GermanStreuselkuchen
- EnglishStreuselkuchen
Borrowed from German Streuselkuchen.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Streuselkuchen
- Streuselkuchencake of German origin
Portuguese cuca
- cucacake of German origin
Russian штройзелькухен
- штройзелькухен (štrojzelʹkuxen)cake of German origin
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Streuselkuchen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Streuselkuchen
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