ceviche
[sevitʃe]
The verdict
“ceviche” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (ursprünglich aus Peru stammendes und dort als Nationalgericht geltendes) Gericht aus rohem und in kleine Stücke geschnittenem Fisch – oder Meeresfrüchten –, der in einer Marinade aus Zitronen oder...
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Index DE-ceviche · ceviche · German
ceviche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ceviche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sevitʃe] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ceviche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ceviche is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [sevitʃe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(ursprünglich aus Peru stammendes und dort als Nationalgericht geltendes) Gericht aus rohem und in kleine Stücke geschnittenem Fisch – oder Meeresfrüchten –, der in einer Marinade aus Zitronen oder...".
No misspelling variants are generated for ceviche in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ceviche, spelled C-E-V-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1(ursprünglich aus Peru stammendes und dort als Nationalgericht geltendes) Gericht aus rohem und in kleine Stücke geschnittenem Fisch – oder Meeresfrüchten –, der in einer Marinade aus Zitronen oder Limetten, Zwiebeln, Salz und Knoblauch zubereitet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ceviche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« La ceviche de crevettes est tout à fait dans l’esprit du décor latin. Servie dans une jolie barquette flanquée de betteraves râpées, cette ceviche au jus de limette, à la coriandre fraîche et à la menthe réunit les petites crevettes, les tomates et des oignons tout en laissant un arrière-goût de piment fort prononcé sur les papilles. »
« On ose nous faire participer à cette fête du goût et de l’originalité, qui nous change du tataki, de la ceviche, du jarret d’agneau et de l’éternelle crème brûlée. »
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.