Translate 'pancake' from English to Dutch (2024)

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What is the Dutch word pancake? ›

Literally translated “pannenkoek” is the Dutch word for pancake.

pannekoek, large thin Dutch pancake typically cooked with various sweet or savory fillings, including bacon, cheese, and apples.

Britannica Dictionary definition of PANCAKE. [count] 1. : a thin, flat, round cake that is made by cooking batter on both sides in a frying pan or on a hot surface (called a griddle)

What's the difference between a Dutch pancake and an American pancake? A Dutch pancake is usually larger and much thinner than the thick and fluffy American pancakes. If you order a Dutch pancake at PANCAKES Amsterdam, you will get a delicious thin pancake with a diameter of 32 centimeters.

A pancake, just a typical Dutch dish. But it's also something you can call someone. An Ajax-fan (Ajax is the biggest football club in the Netherlands) made this one nationally popular in the 2000's when he called one of the most famous Dutch players, Marco van Basten, a pannenkoek.

A Dutch baby pancake, sometimes called a German pancake, a Bismarck, a Dutch puff, Hooligan, or a Hootenanny, is a dish that is similar to a large Yorkshire pudding.

« Flat as a pancake » is sometimes used to refer to a woman with very small breasts.

Both Netherlands-style Pannenkoeken and Dutch Baby pancakes make a wonderful breakfast option as the batter can be made the night before and, in the case of the Dutch Baby, the pancake is baked in the oven, making it a relatively hands-off recipe.

Pannenkoeken are usually larger (up to a foot in diameter) and much thinner than their American or Scotch pancake counterparts, but not as thin as crêpes. They may incorporate slices of bacon, apples, cheese, or raisins.

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What is a folded pancake called? ›

Crêpes are an ultra-thin pancake common in France that can be made sweet or savory, typically rolled or folded with a variety of fillings from jam or Nutella to ham and cheese to seafood.

to quickly and suddenly lift the pan in which a pancake (= a thin, flat, round cake) is cooking so that the pancake goes up into the air and turns over before falling back into the pan: Ben came second in the competition after tossing a pancake 21 times.

They can be eaten as a snack or as a main course during lunch or dinner. A Dutch pancake is good at any time of the day. Come in, relax and browse our menu with a lot of choices and variations. Dutch pancakes are traditional and worldwide famous, and there is a reason for that.

In the UK, the word pancakes refers to the same thing, but the word flapjacks refers to something entirely different: a baked good made from oats, resembling what elsewhere may be called a granola bar or oat bar. The word flapjack is traced back to the late 1500s.

In the South, pancakes are interchangeably called hotcakes, griddlecakes, and flapjacks, though British flapjacks are made with rolled oats cooked in the oven.

I've grown up with Dutch pancakes called 'Pannenkoeken' in Dutch. In the Netherlands pancakes are often eaten for dinner. But they're also easily eaten for breakfast and lunch as well.

Both Netherlands-style Pannenkoeken and Dutch Baby pancakes make a wonderful breakfast option as the batter can be made the night before and, in the case of the Dutch Baby, the pancake is baked in the oven, making it a relatively hands-off recipe.

The word shrove is a form of the English word shrive, which means to give absolution for someone's sins by way of Confession and doing penance. Thus Shrove Tuesday was named after the custom of Christians to be "shriven" before the start of Lent.