• AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    in German, berliner means donut.

    Except in Berlin, were Berliners (the donut kind) are called Pfannkuchen (pancakes).

    To make things more confusing, German bakeries also offer a kind of donut that looks like a pancake with sugar glazing and is known as Amerikaner.