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cornflakes
A popular breakfast product made from toasted flakes of corn. They are typically eaten with milk or yogurt.
Jeden Morgen isst mein Sohn eine Schüssel Cornflakes mit kalter Milch.
Every morning, my son eats a bowl of cornflakes with cold milk.
'Cornflakes' is an English loanword. It is made up of 'corn' (Mais) and 'flakes' (Flocken). So the word literally describes 'Maisflocken' (corn flakes).
Cornflakes werden aus Maisgrieß hergestellt.
Cornflakes are made from cornmeal.
The word 'Cornflakes' (cornflakes) is used in German almost exclusively in the plural. People say 'den Cornflakes' (the cornflakes, plural) and not 'dem Cornflake' (the cornflake, singular).
Meine Cornflakes sind schon wieder leer.
My cornflakes are already gone again.
The combination 'Cornflakes mit Milch essen' (to eat cornflakes with milk) is very typical. People also often speak of 'einer Schüssel' (a bowl) or 'einer Packung Cornflakes' (a box/package of cornflakes).
Ich esse meine Cornflakes am liebsten mit frischen Früchten.
I like eating my cornflakes best with fresh fruit.
muesli
Müsli is usually a mixture of different cereal flakes and additional ingredients such as nuts, seeds, or dried fruit. Cornflakes, on the other hand, are toasted flakes made from corn. Both are often eaten with milk or yogurt, but they differ in their composition.
Zum Frühstück isst Paul Cornflakes aus geröstetem Mais mit Milch.
For breakfast, Paul eats cornflakes made from toasted corn with milk.
Zum Frühstück isst Paul ein Müsli mit Haferflocken, Nüssen und Rosinen.
For breakfast, Paul eats muesli with rolled oats, nuts, and raisins.
