Delikatesse
German, noun/delikaˈtɛsə/
Delikatesse is spelled D-E-L-I-K-A-T-E-S-S-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delikatesse is a German feminine noun meaning “delicacy (pleasing food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “besonders wohlschmeckende Speise”.
What does Delikatesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedelicacy (pleasing food)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. besonders wohlschmeckende Speise 2. besonders rücksichtsvolle Einstellung anderen gegenüber
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 Delikatesse
- Delikatessen plural
- Delicatesse alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Delikatesse?
- /delikaˈtɛsə/
- [delikaˈtɛsə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Delikatesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Delikatesse in German?
Delikatesse appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).