pancake / jelly doughnut
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pancake
A flat sweet dish cooked in a pan, made from a batter of flour, eggs, and milk. Depending on the region, it is also called 'Eierkuchen' in German.
Am liebsten isst sie Pfannkuchen mit Zimt und Zucker.
Her favorite way to eat pancakes is with cinnamon and sugar.
jelly doughnut
A regional term, especially in Berlin and eastern Germany, for a yeast pastry fried in fat and often filled with jam.
Zum Fasching kauft meine Oma immer Pfannkuchen beim Bäcker.
For Carnival, my grandma always buys jelly doughnuts at the bakery.
The word 'Pfannkuchen' is clearly made up of 'die Pfanne' (the pan) and 'der Kuchen' (the cake). So it literally describes a cake that is baked or cooked in a pan.
Für die Pfannkuchen brauchen wir Mehl, Eier, Milch und eine heiße Pfanne.
For the pancakes, we need flour, eggs, milk, and a hot pan.
This word is a well-known example of regional differences. While it usually refers to a flat egg-based pancake, in Berlin and eastern Germany it means a round, filled yeast pastry.
In München isst man Pfannkuchen oft mit Apfelmus.
In Munich, people often eat pancakes with applesauce.
When 'Pfannkuchen' is mentioned in connection with a bakery, Carnival ('Fasching'), or New Year's Eve, it almost always means the round yeast pastry.
An Silvester gibt es bei uns traditionell Pfannkuchen mit Eierlikörfüllung.
On New Year's Eve, we traditionally have jelly doughnuts with eggnog filling.
jelly doughnut
Pfannkuchen and Krapfen can refer to the same filled yeast pastry, but the names are used in different regions. In Berlin and especially in eastern Germany, people say Pfannkuchen; in many other regions, Krapfen is common. Outside these regions, Pfannkuchen usually refers to a flat egg-based dish.
In Berlin kaufte ich einen Pfannkuchen mit Marmeladenfüllung.
In Berlin, I bought a jelly doughnut filled with jam.
In Bayern kaufte ich einen Krapfen mit Marmeladenfüllung.
In Bavaria, I bought a jelly doughnut filled with jam.
