Schnittkäse
[ˈʃnɪtˌkɛːzə]
The verdict
“Schnittkäse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Käseart, die so fest ist, dass sie gut in Scheiben geschnitten werden kann (nicht so hart, dass sie beim Aufschneiden bröckelt)
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnittkase · Schnittkäse · German
Schnittkäse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Schnittkäse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnɪtˌkɛːzə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnittkäse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schnittkäse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnɪtˌkɛːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Käseart, die so fest ist, dass sie gut in Scheiben geschnitten werden kann (nicht so hart, dass sie beim Aufschneiden bröckelt)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schnittkäse, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schnittkäse, spelled S-C-H-N-I-T-T-K-Ä-S-E.
Definition
- 1Käseart, die so fest ist, dass sie gut in Scheiben geschnitten werden kann (nicht so hart, dass sie beim Aufschneiden bröckelt)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schnittkäse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zur Vesper gab es eine kleine Auswahl von Aufschnitt und Schnittkäse mit verschiedenen Brotsorten.
Antonyms
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.