Parmesan
German, noun/ˌpaʁməˈzaːn/
Parmesan is spelled P-A-R-M-E-S-A-N (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parmesan is a German masculine noun meaning “parmesan (cheese)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein italienischer Hartkäse aus Kuhmilch”.
What does Parmesan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparmesan (cheese)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein italienischer Hartkäse aus Kuhmilch
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 Parmesan
- Parmesans genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Parmesan?
- /ˌpaʁməˈzaːn/
- /ˈpaʁməˌzaːn/
- [ˌpaʁmeˈzaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Parmesan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Parmesan in German?
Parmesan appears 1.1 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).