Torte
German
Alternative forms
- Tarte (obsolete, but borrowed anew from Modern French), Turte (obsolete)
Etymology
15th century, from Middle French tarte, tourte, later reinforced by Italian torta, all from Late Latin torta (“cake, round loaf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔrtə/, [ˈtɔʁtə], [ˈtɔɐ̯tə], [ˈtɔːtə]
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Noun
Torte f (genitive Torte, plural Torten, diminutive Törtchen n)
- a typically multilayered, often round cake with fillings of all kinds, often with icing and garnish
Usage notes
- The diminutive Törtchen can be used for any small cake or tartlet, regardless of its containing cream.
Declension
Declension of Torte [feminine]
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Apfeltorte
- Aufsatztorte
- Bananentorte
- Baumkuchentorte
- Birnentorte
- Biskuittorte
- Bündner Nusstorte
- Buttercremetorte
- Cremetorte
- Dobostorte
- Eistorte
- Erdbeertorte
- Esterházy-Torte
- Etagentorte
- Festtagstorte
- Formtorte
- Friesentorte
- Fürst-Pückler-Torte
- Geburtstagstorte
- Gewittertorte
- Herrentorte
- Himbeertorte
- Hochzeitstorte
- Imperial Torte
- Joghurttorte
- Johannisbeertorte
- Kaffeecremetorte
- Käsesahnetorte
- Käsetorte
- Kastanientorte
- Kirschtorte
- Kokostorte
- Kuppeltorte
- Linzer Torte
- Linzertorte
- Lochtorte
- Makronentorte
- Malakofftorte
- Mandeltorte
- Maronitorte
- Marzipantorte
- Mohntorte
- Motivtorte
- Mürbe Torte
- Nougattorte
- Nusstorte
- Oberscremetorte
- Oberstorte
- Obsttorte
- Pistazientorte
- Prinzregententorte
- Puddingtorte
- Punschtorte
- Quarktorte
- Ribiseltorte
- Rundtorte
- Sachertorte
- Sahnetorte
- Saint-Honoré-Torte
- Schautorte
- Schokoladentorte
- Schokotorte
- Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
- Spanische Vanilletorte
- Tiramisutorte
- Topfenoberstorte
- Topfentorte
- Vanilletorte
- Villacher Torte
- Walnusstorte
- Weincremetorte
- Wickeltorte
- Zuger Kirschtorte
Descendants
- → Czech: dort
- → English: torte
- → Estonian: tort
- → Hungarian: torta
- → Japanese: トルテ (torute)
- → Macedonian: торта (torta)
- → Polish: tort
- → Romanian: tort
- → Russian: торт (tort), тортъ (tort) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- → Serbo-Croatian: torta / торта
- → Ukrainian: торт (tort)
Further reading
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle French tarte, tourte, later reinforced by Italian torta, all from Late Latin torta (“cake, round loaf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʰɔtə/
Noun
Torte m (plural Torte)
- pie
- Ich hon en Torte gemach.
- I've made a pie.
- Sie essd gern Torte.
- She likes to eat pie.