Etymograph

English

flammkuchen

Flammkuchen comes from German Flammkuchen ‘tarte flambée’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentFlammkuchen‘tarte flambée’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009flammkuchen

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentFlammkuchen‘tarte flambée’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009flammkuchen

Earliest quotation: 2009, Ann Hardy, Where To Eat In Canada 09-10: “They begin with flammkuchen or smoked salmon and continue…”

Today it means

noun tarte flambée, especially when served in a German setting.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / German Flammkuchen / flammkuchen