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Kochbuch

cookery book, cookbook

noun KOKH-bookh Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Usage Note

Kochbuch is the ordinary word for a cookbook. German publishers produce many regional and thematic Kochbücher; the word appears in phrases like ein bewährtes Kochbuch (a tried-and-tested cookbook).

Examples

"Das Rezept habe ich aus einem alten Kochbuch meiner Mutter."

Natural Translation

I got the recipe from an old cookbook of my mother's.

Literal Translation

The recipe have I from an old cookbook my mother's.

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