Carrot-Cake

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English carrot cake.

Noun

Carrot-Cake m (strong, genitive Carrot-Cake or Carrot-Cakes, plural Carrot-Cakes)

  1. carrot cake
    Synonyms: (Switzerland) Rübli-Cake, (Switzerland) Rüeblitorte
    • 2004 March 20, Till Ehrlich, “Duft hinter beschlagenem Fenster”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[2], Berlin: taz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG, →ISSN:
      Vor zehn Jahren war die damals gegründete Kaffeerösterei Barcomi’s ein Novum. Man bekam selten Platz. Monster-Brownies, Carrot-Cake, Cinnemon-Roll oder der sagenhafte New-York-Cheesecake waren mehr als leckere Köstlichkeiten, es waren Schlüsselerlebnisse.
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Declension

Declension of Carrot-Cake [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Carrot-Cake die Carrot-Cakes
genitive eines des Carrot-Cake, Carrot-Cakes der Carrot-Cakes
dative einem dem Carrot-Cake den Carrot-Cakes
accusative einen den Carrot-Cake die Carrot-Cakes

Usage notes

The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of two nouns be written solid (Carrotcake) or, if it improves legibility, hyphenated (Carrot-Cake). The spaced spelling (Carrot Cake) is proscribed.[1]

References

  1. ^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden‎[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 20 January 2023
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