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pudding
A sweet dish with a creamy or firm consistency, usually cooked from milk, sugar, and a thickening agent such as starch or semolina.
Zum Nachtisch gibt es heute Schokoladenpudding mit Vanillesoße.
For dessert today, there is chocolate pudding with vanilla sauce.
to have jelly legs/arms
A colloquial idiom meaning that your limbs feel very weak, shaky, or powerless after exertion.
Nach dem Marathon hatte ich nur noch Pudding in den Beinen.
After the marathon, I had nothing but jelly legs.
In German, 'Pudding' is almost always a sweet, creamy dessert. The English word 'pudding' has a much broader meaning and can also refer to savory dishes such as 'Yorkshire pudding' or 'black pudding'.
Als Kind habe ich am liebsten Vanillepudding gegessen.
As a child, I liked eating vanilla pudding best.
Common verbs used with Pudding are 'Pudding kochen' (to cook/make pudding) or 'Pudding zubereiten' (to prepare pudding). Popular varieties that are often used as compound nouns are 'Schokoladenpudding' (chocolate pudding) and 'Vanillepudding' (vanilla pudding).
Kannst du mir helfen, den Pudding zu kochen?
Can you help me make the pudding?
The idiom 'Pudding in den Armen/Beinen haben' (to have pudding in one's arms/legs) has a fixed structure. It describes the feeling of weakness or trembling after great physical exertion.
Nach der langen Wanderung hatte ich nur noch Pudding in den Beinen.
After the long hike, I had nothing but jelly legs.
cream
Creme and Pudding can both be sweet, creamy desserts. Creme is often made from cream and eggs and can also be used as a filling. Pudding, by contrast, is usually cooked from milk and a thickening agent such as starch or semolina.
Für das Dessert kocht sie einen Vanillepudding aus Milch und Stärke.
For dessert, she cooks a vanilla pudding made from milk and starch.
Für das Dessert bereitet sie eine Vanillecreme aus Sahne und Eiern zu.
For dessert, she prepares a vanilla cream made from cream and eggs.
