Hexenküche

German

Etymology

From Hexe + Küche

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛksənˈkʏçə/

Noun

Hexenküche f (genitive Hexenküche, plural Hexenküchen)

  1. literally, witches' kitchen (room containing the cauldron)
  2. witches' or wizard's cuisine (things which might be cooked up in a cauldron)
  3. witches' cauldron
    In der Hexenküche einer Supernova entstehen eine Vielzahl massereicher Atomkerne, die über verschiede kurzlebige Zwischenstadien zu stabilen Elementen zerfallen.
    The witches’ cauldron of a supernova gives birth to a whole array of high-mass atomic nuclei, which decay into stable elements via various short-lived intermediate stages.

Declension

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