Neuter

Gebäck

pastry (food group)

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Graubünden

Graubünden

gebäck

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈbɛk/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German gebac, from Old High German *gibak, *gibah, from Proto-West Germanic *gabak (“something baked, pastry”), collective form of *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką (“baked goods, baking”). Cognate with Middle Low German gebak (whence German Low German Gebäck), Dutch gebak, Old English ġebæc. More at English batch.

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