Schmelzkäse
German, noun/ˈʃmɛlt͡sˌkɛːzə/
Schmelzkäse is spelled S-C-H-M-E-L-Z-K-Ä-S-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmelzkäse is a German masculine noun meaning “processed cheese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Schmelzen von Käse unter Zugabe weiterer Ingredienzien gewonnener Käse”.
What does Schmelzkäse mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprocessed cheese
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch Schmelzen von Käse unter Zugabe weiterer Ingredienzien gewonnener Käse
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 Schmelzkäse
- Schmelzkäses genitive
- Schmelzkäsen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schmelzkäse?
- /ˈʃmɛlt͡sˌkɛːzə/
- /ˈʃmɛlt͡sˌkeːzə/
- [ˈʃmɛlt͡sˌkɛːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schmelzkäse in German?
Schmelzkäse appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).