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der Lebkuchen
like der Schnee
Is it der, die or das Lebkuchen?
It's der Lebkuchen. Plural: die Lebkuchen.
- Meaning
- gingerbread
- Gender
- masculine
- Level
- B1 · Food
- Riddle
- In the app with Pro
An exception to the -chen / -lein rule
Little things: -chen and -lein make every word das, even das Mädchen. Only the little-thing ending counts: der Kuchen and der Knochen just end in -chen. Lebkuchen is one of the exceptions: it's der Lebkuchen.
Lebkuchen in other languages
- Czech
- perník
- Slovak
- perník
- Hungarian
- mézeskalács
- Slovenian
- medenjak
- Italian
- pan di zenzero
- Croatian
- medenjak
- Bosnian
- medenjak
- Serbian
- medenjak
- Romanian
- turtă dulce
- Polish
- piernik
- Ukrainian
- пряник
- Turkish
- zencefilli kurabiye
- Arabic
- خبز الزنجبيل
- Persian
- کلوچه زنجبیلی
- Dari (Afghanistan)
- کلچه زنجبیلی
- Pashto (Afghanistan)
- زنجبیلي کلچه
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