Chutney
[ˈt͡ʃatni]
The verdict
“Chutney” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Gericht aus der indischen Küche: süß-saure oder süß-scharfe Soße aus zerkleinertem Obst und/oder Gemüse, das zusammen mit Gewürzen ähnlich wie Marmelade eingekocht wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chutney |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃatni] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chutney” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Chutney is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃatni]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Gericht aus der indischen Küche: süß-saure oder süß-scharfe Soße aus zerkleinertem Obst und/oder Gemüse, das zusammen mit Gewürzen ähnlich wie Marmelade eingekocht wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Chutney, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Chutney, spelled C-H-U-T-N-E-Y.
Definition
- 1ein Gericht aus der indischen Küche: süß-saure oder süß-scharfe Soße aus zerkleinertem Obst und/oder Gemüse, das zusammen mit Gewürzen ähnlich wie Marmelade eingekocht wird
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “Chutney”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-H-U-T-N-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡ʃatni] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.