Delikatessengeschäft
[delikaˈtɛsn̩ɡəˌʃɛft]
The verdict
“Delikatessengeschäft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lebensmittelladen, in dem Esswaren angeboten werden, die als besonders wohlschmeckend gelten und/oder exotisch sind und in der Regel nicht zum alltäglichen Bedarf gehören
Corpus desk
Index DE-delikatessengeschaft · Delikatessengeschäft · German
Delikatessengeschäft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Delikatessengeschäft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [delikaˈtɛsn̩ɡəˌʃɛft] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Delikatessengeschäft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Delikatessengeschäft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [delikaˈtɛsn̩ɡəˌʃɛft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lebensmittelladen, in dem Esswaren angeboten werden, die als besonders wohlschmeckend gelten und/oder exotisch sind und in der Regel nicht zum alltäglichen Bedarf gehören".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Delikatessengeschäft in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Delikatessengeschäft, spelled D-E-L-I-K-A-T-E-S-S-E-N-G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T.
Definition
- 1Lebensmittelladen, in dem Esswaren angeboten werden, die als besonders wohlschmeckend gelten und/oder exotisch sind und in der Regel nicht zum alltäglichen Bedarf gehören
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Delikatessengeschäft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich blickte auf die Läden der Delikatessengeschäfte, die von Schinken, Würsten, Ananas und Käse prangten.“
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.