streuselkuchen

[ German shtroi-zuhl-koo-khuhn; English stroo-zuhl-koo-khuhn, -kuhn, stroi- ]

noun

1. coffeecake topped with streusel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of streuselkuchen¹

From German; streusel, kuchen

Example Sentences

Rolls and butter, coffee and milk, Streuselkuchen and Butterkuchen such as German children love, and also cakes called Bubenschenkel—or little boy's legs.

From Project Gutenberg

When we reached the verandah of the "Nassauer Hof" we were gladdened by bows from the "Assessor" and the student, who with the "cackling geese" were seated at a long table consuming piles of Apfelkuchen, Streuselkuchen, and Napfkuchen to an accompaniment of steaming coffee.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg