Chili
German, noun/ˈʃɪli/
Chili is spelled C-H-I-L-I (5 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written German, the 12,686th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chili is a German feminine noun meaning “chili (fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Paprikaart aus Mittelamerika, aus der Cayennepfeffer gewonnen wird”.
What does Chili mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineneuterchili (fruit)
- 2
femininemasculineneuterchili (powder)
- 3
femininemasculineneuterchili (meal)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paprikaart aus Mittelamerika, aus der Cayennepfeffer gewonnen wird 2. mit Cayennepfeffer scharf gewürzte Soße
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 Chili
- Chilis genitive
- Chilli alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Chili?
- /ˈʃɪli/
- /ˈʃiːli/
- /ˈt͡ʃɪli/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Chili
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Chili in German?
Chili appears 4.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).