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Butterkäse

German, noun/ˈbʊtɐˌkɛːzə/

Butterkäse is spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-K-Ä-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Butterkäse is a German masculine noun meaning “Butterkäse (semi-soft, cow's milk cheese)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “milder, halbfester Schnittkäse aus Kuhmilch”.

What does Butterkäse mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineButterkäse (semi-soft, cow's milk cheese)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. milder, halbfester Schnittkäse aus Kuhmilch

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Butterkäse

  • Butterkäses genitive
  • Butterkäsen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Butterkäse?

  • /ˈbʊtɐˌkɛːzə/
  • /ˈbʊtɐˌkeːzə/
  • [ˈbʊtɐˌkɛːzə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Butterkäse in German?

Butterkäse appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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