Emmentaler
[ˈɛmənˌtaːlɐ]
The verdict
“Emmentaler” is uncommon German (frequency #64,226 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,226
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ursprünglich aus der Schweiz stammender Hartkäse mit charakteristischen großen Löchern und nussigem Geschmack, der heute auf der ganzen Welt produziert wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-emmentaler · Emmentaler · German
Emmentaler · rank #64,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,226
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH energischen
Nearest frequency peer: energischen (+2 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Emmentaler“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Eisprung
Eisprung
35,780 corpus weight
- eklatanten
eklatanten
35,779 corpus weight
- Ekzem
Ekzem
35,778 corpus weight
- Emmentaler
Emmentaler
35,775 corpus weight
- energischen
energischen
35,773 corpus weight
- Entnahmen
Entnahmen
35,772 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Emmentaler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Emmentaler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛmənˌtaːlɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Emmentaler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Emmentaler is uncommon German at frequency #64,226 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛmənˌtaːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ursprünglich aus der Schweiz stammender Hartkäse mit charakteristischen großen Löchern und nussigem Geschmack, der heute auf der ganzen Welt produziert wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Emmentaler, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Emmentaler, spelled E-M-M-E-N-T-A-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1ursprünglich aus der Schweiz stammender Hartkäse mit charakteristischen großen Löchern und nussigem Geschmack, der heute auf der ganzen Welt produziert wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Emmentaler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Biergarten aßen wir heute ein paar dünne Scheiben Emmentaler mit reichlich Salz und Pfeffer.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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