noun
cake
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Kuchen means 'cake' or 'tart' and refers to baked sweet goods. It’s a masculine noun: der Kuchen. Unusually, the plural is also Kuchen (no Umlaut, no -e). Genitive singular des Kuchens. Regular declension otherwise. Common in compounds (Kuchenstück) and everyday phrases like ein Stück Kuchen.
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Ich backe einen Kuchen.
I'm baking a cake.
Die Gäste aßen den Kuchen, weil die Bäckerin ihn frisch backte.
The guests ate the cake because the baker baked it fresh.
Zum Geburtstag backe ich einen großen Kuchen.
For the birthday I'm baking a big cake.
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Picture a slice of cake with 'KUCHEN' written on the plate.
der Kuchen — imagine a male baker presenting the cake (masculine).
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Plural is Kuchen (same as singular).