| English | German |
| a brown bread made with wheat and rye flour | Graubrot |
| a dish made with finely sliced meat or meat cut into strips or small pieces | Geschnetzeltes (rather like ragout) |
| a layer cream cake with almonds | Bienenstich |
| Austrian cake with chocolate and whipped cream served at Sacher's hotel in Vienna | Sachertorte |
| Black Forest cherry cake with cherry schnapps | Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte |
| bread roll with cheese, ham or sausage | belegte Brötchen |
| bread-like cake with raisins | Christstollen (eaten mostly at Christmas) |
| bread-like cake with raisins | Stollen (eaten mostly at Christmas) |
| cake coated with sugar and almonds and filled with custard or cream | Bienenstich |
| chicken leg with thigh | Hühnerkeule (normally) |
| coated with breadcrumbs or in batter | paniert |
| cooked beef with horseradish and cream sauce | Tafelspitz |
| either: roll of puff pastry filled with whipped cream | Schillerlocke |
| escalope with mushrooms and peppers | Jägerschnitzel |
| escalope/cutlet with spicy sauce of red and green peppers | Zigeunerschnitzel |
| fried potatoes with scrambled egg and bacon | Bauernfrühstück |
| German white-wine punch flavored with woodruff | Maibowle (May wine is sold bottled and can be found in some gourmet liquor and wine stores) |
| kale cabbage cooked with a special type of sausage | Kohl und Pinkel (and often Kassler, a special type of pork) |
| mayonnaise sauce with herbs and spices | Remouladensauce |
| omelette made with a mixture containing flour | Eierkuchen |
| open sandwiches of boiled ham and fried egg or with seasoned raw minced pork with egg and onion | Strammer Max |
| pastry filled with stewed apples | Apfeltasche |
| pickled rolled-up herring filled with onions and pickled cucumber | Rollmops |
| pork drippings with cracklings | Griebenschmalz |
| puff pastry bun filled with whipped cream | Windbeutel |
| raw minced meat served with a raw egg and spices | Beefsteak Tartar |
| raw minced meat with onions and spices | Hackepeter (to spread on bread) |
| rib of beef roasted with onions | Rostbraten |
| roast veal with kidneys | Kalbsnierenbraten |
| rolled calf fillet filled with a hard-boiled egg and cut in half before serving | Schwalbennester |
| slice of meat rolled and filled with bacon, onions and spices | Roulade |
| small new potatoes in butter and with herbs | Schwenkkartoffeln |
| sweet pancake with raisons | Kaiserschmarren (cut into small <-> pieces while being baked) |
| thick custard-based dessert flavoured with vanilla, chocolate etc. | Pudding |
| thin dough rolled and filled with fruit, mince meat but also with cheese, vegetables or meat | Strudel Austria |
| thin layer of pastry topped with cream, onions and bacon | Flammkuchen |
| uncooked pudding made with quark, milk, sugar, fruit etc. | Quarkspeise |
| vegetable salad with chopped egg and mayonnaise | russischer Salat |
| very soft-boiled eggs with their shells removed and served in a glass | Eier im Glas |