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donut
A sweet, ring-shaped pastry made from yeast dough or batter, deep-fried in fat and often topped with sugar glaze, chocolate, or fillings.
Zum Kaffee hätte ich jetzt gerne einen Donut mit Schokoladenglasur.
With my coffee, I'd really like a donut with chocolate glaze right now.
The word 'Donut' (donut) was borrowed directly from American English. That's why the spelling and pronunciation in German are almost identical to the English original.
In diesem Café gibt es die besten Donuts der Stadt.
This café has the best donuts in town.
Donuts are often described more precisely by their topping or filling. Typical phrases are 'Donut mit Schokoladenglasur' (donut with chocolate glaze), 'mit bunten Streuseln' (with colorful sprinkles), or 'mit Vanillefüllung' (with vanilla filling).
Ich hätte gern einen Donut mit Zuckerguss.
I'd like a donut with icing.
If you want to order a donut, you often use the Konjunktiv II ('hätte gern' — would like) to sound especially polite. But you can also say directly what you want.
Ich hätte gern einen Donut und einen Kaffee, bitte.
I'd like a donut and a coffee, please.
pancake / jelly doughnut
'der Pfannkuchen' and 'der Donut' can be confused because both can be sweet and there are regional differences. In many regions, a 'Pfannkuchen' is a flat dish cooked in a pan. In Berlin and parts of eastern Germany, however, 'Pfannkuchen' can mean a yeast pastry fried in fat, often filled with jam. A 'Donut', on the other hand, is usually ring-shaped and often covered with glaze or chocolate. If you are talking about the flat dish from the pan, 'Pfannkuchen' is correct. If the pastry is round with a hole, 'Donut' fits.
Das Kind nimmt einen Donut mit Schokoglasur, weil er so bunt aussieht.
The child takes a donut with chocolate glaze because it looks so colorful.
In Berlin kauft Karim in der Pause einen Pfannkuchen mit Marmelade.
In Berlin, Karim buys a jelly doughnut with jam during his break.