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Lebkuchen, the Glossary

Lebkuchen, Honigkuchen or Pfefferkuchen are honey-sweetened German cakes, moulded cookies or bar cookies that have become part of Germany's Christmas traditions.^[1]

49 relations: Aachener Printen, Allspice, Almond, Ammonium carbonate, Anise, Basler Läckerli, Beehive, Berner Haselnusslebkuchen, Berner Honiglebkuchen, Candied fruit, Cardamom, Christkindlesmarkt, Nuremberg, Christmas market, Christmas traditions, Clove, Coriander, Culinary Heritage of Switzerland, Etymology, Fermentation, Folk etymology, Franconia, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, German cuisine, Ginger, Gingerbread, Gingerbread man, Hansel and Gretel, Hazelnut, Honey, Icing (food), Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), Leavening agent, Licitar, List of chocolate-covered foods, List of German desserts, Margrave, Nuremberg, Oktoberfest, Pfeffernüsse, Potassium carbonate, Protected designation of origin, Pryanik, Sacramental bread, Speculaas, Springerle, The Guardian, Ulm, Wafer, Walnut.
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Aachener Printen

Aachener Printen are a type of Lebkuchen originating from the city of Aachen in Germany. Lebkuchen and Aachener Printen are anise and biscuits.

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Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Almond

The almond (Prunus amygdalus, syn. Prunus dulcis) is a species of tree from the genus Prunus.

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Ammonium carbonate

Ammonium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Anise

Anise (Pimpinella anisum), also called aniseed or rarely anix, is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia.

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Basler Läckerli

The Basler Läckerli (also Leckerli or Läggerli, meaning "delicious" in German and -li being a diminutive suffix) is a traditional hard spice biscuit originating from Basel, Switzerland. Lebkuchen and Basler Läckerli are biscuits, culinary Heritage of Switzerland, honey dishes and nut dishes.

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Beehive

A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the subgenus Apis live and raise their young.

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Berner Haselnusslebkuchen

Berner Haselnusslebkuchen are traditional Christmas cakes (Lebkuchen) from Bern, Switzerland. Lebkuchen and Berner Haselnusslebkuchen are biscuits, Christmas food and culinary Heritage of Switzerland.

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Berner Honiglebkuchen

Berner Honiglebkuchen are Lebkuchen traditionally made in Bern, Switzerland. Lebkuchen and Berner Honiglebkuchen are biscuits, Christmas food and culinary Heritage of Switzerland.

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Candied fruit

Candied fruit, also known as glacé fruit, is whole fruit, smaller pieces of fruit, or pieces of peel, placed in heated sugar syrup, which absorbs the moisture from within the fruit and eventually preserves it.

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Cardamom

Cardamom, sometimes cardamon or cardamum, is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genera Elettaria and Amomum in the family Zingiberaceae.

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Christkindlesmarkt, Nuremberg

Christkindlesmarkt is a Christmas market that is held annually in Nuremberg, Germany.

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Christmas market

A Christmas market is a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas during the four weeks of Advent. Lebkuchen and Christmas market are Christmas in Germany.

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Christmas traditions

Christmas traditions include a variety of customs, religious practices, rituals, and folklore associated with the celebration of Christmas.

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Clove

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum.

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Coriander

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), also known as cilantro, is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae.

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Culinary Heritage of Switzerland

The Culinary Heritage of Switzerland (Kulinarisches Erbe der Schweiz, Patrimoine culinaire suisse, Patrimonio culinario svizzero, Patrimoni culinar svizzer) is a multilingual online encyclopedia of traditional Swiss cuisine and produce.

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Etymology

Etymology (The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the scientific study of words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.

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Fermentation

Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substances through the action of enzymes.

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Folk etymology

Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one through popular usage.

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Franconia

Franconia (Franken,; East Franconian: Franggn; Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (German: Ostfränkisch).

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Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick III (German: Friedrich III, 21 September 1415 – 19 August 1493) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1452 until his death in 1493.

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German cuisine

The cuisine of Germany consists of many different local or regional cuisines, reflecting the country's federal history.

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Ginger

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine.

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Gingerbread

Gingerbread refers to a broad category of baked goods, typically flavored with ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon and sweetened with honey, sugar, or molasses. Lebkuchen and Gingerbread are Christmas food, cookies, German breads, German cakes and ginger desserts.

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Gingerbread man

A gingerbread man is a biscuit or cookie made from gingerbread, usually in the shape of a stylized human being, although other shapes, especially seasonal themes (Christmas, Halloween, Easter, etc.) and characters are common too. Lebkuchen and gingerbread man are biscuits, Christmas food, cookies and ginger desserts.

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Hansel and Gretel

"Hansel and Gretel" (Hänsel und Gretel) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of Grimms' Fairy Tales (KHM 15).

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Hazelnut

The hazelnut is the fruit of the hazel tree and therefore includes any of the nuts deriving from species of the genus Corylus, especially the nuts of the species Corylus avellana.

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Honey

Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees.

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Icing (food)

Icing, or frosting, is a sweet, often creamy glaze made of sugar with a liquid, such as water or milk, that is often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, cream cheese, or flavorings.

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Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)

The Imperial Diet (or Comitium Imperiale; Reichstag) was the deliberative body of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Leavening agent

In cooking, a leavening agent or raising agent, also called a leaven or leavener, is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that cause a foaming action (gas bubbles) that lightens and softens the mixture.

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Licitar

Licitars (licitarska srca; lectova srca) are colorfully decorated biscuits made of sweet honey dough that are part of Croatia and Slovenia's cultural heritage.

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List of chocolate-covered foods

This is a list of chocolate-covered foods. Lebkuchen and list of chocolate-covered foods are chocolate-covered foods.

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List of German desserts

This is a list of German desserts.

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Margrave

Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or a kingdom.

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Nuremberg

Nuremberg (Nürnberg; in the local East Franconian dialect: Nämberch) is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria, and its 544,414 (2023) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.

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Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest (Wiesn, Oktobafest) is the world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival, and is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, from mid- or late-September to the first Sunday in October, with more than six million international and national visitors attending the event.

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Pfeffernüsse

Pfeffernüsse are small spice cookies, popular as a holiday treat with Germans and ethnic Mennonites in North America. Lebkuchen and Pfeffernüsse are anise, biscuits, Christmas food, Christmas in Germany and cookies.

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Potassium carbonate

Potassium carbonate is the inorganic compound with the formula K2CO3.

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Protected designation of origin

The protected designation of origin (PDO) is a type of geographical indication of the European Union aimed at preserving the designations of origin of food-related products.

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Pryanik

Pryanik (пряник, пряник, пернік; Czech and Slovak: perník; piernik; paprenjak) refers to a range of traditional sweet-baked goods in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and some neighboring countries such as in Poland (piernik).

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Sacramental bread

Sacramental bread, also called Communion bread, Communion wafer, Sacred host, Eucharistic bread, the Lamb or simply the host (lit), is the bread used in the Christian ritual of the Eucharist.

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Speculaas

Speculaas is a type of spiced shortcrust biscuit baked with speculaas spices originated from the County of Flanders territory in present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Lebkuchen and speculaas are biscuits and Christmas in Germany.

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Springerle

Springerle is a type of South German biscuit or cookie with an embossed design made by pressing a mold onto rolled dough and allowing the impression to dry before baking. Lebkuchen and Springerle are anise, biscuits, Christmas food, Christmas in Germany and cookies.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebkuchen

Also known as Honigkuchen, Lebkuchen heart, Lebkuchen-Herzen, Lebkuchenherz, Lebzelten, Nuernberger Lebkuchen, Nuremberg Lebkuchen, Nürnberger Lebkuchen, Pfefferkuchen.

Lebkuchen, the Glossary

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See also

Anise

German breads

German cakes

Ginger desserts

Honey cakes

Honey dishes

Nut dishes

References