lebkuchen

[ leyb-koo-kuhn; German leyp-koo-khuhn ]

noun

, plural leb·ku·chen.

1. a hard, chewy or brittle Christmas cookie, usually flavored with honey and spices and containing nuts and citron.

lebkuchen

/ ˈleɪbˌkuːkən /

noun

1. a biscuit, originating from Germany, usually containing honey, spices, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of lebkuchen¹

An Americanism dating back to 1845–50; from German, from Middle High German lebekuoche; loaf ¹, cake

Word History and Origins

Origin of lebkuchen¹

German: literally, loaf cake

Example Sentences

The Christmas markets in Aachen are famous for lebkuchen.

From Washington Post

The messenger was Karl Heinz, a jolly red-nosed man who was spreading a gospel of German Christmases past and present: Eat lebkuchen.

From Washington Post

“Lorissa, go play with your father,” I snapped after she asked me for the fifteenth time whether there was any lebkuchen left.

From Nature

And when at last the fateful night arrived that saw his first batch of lebkuchen in the oven, he actually forgot to smoke at all!

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes he would ask her, with a fine irony, if she meant to keep him waiting for his answer until her brother had made lebkuchen as good as the lebkuchen of N�rnberg?

From Project Gutenberg