Shiitake
German, noun[ʃiiˈtaːkə]
Shiitake is spelled S-H-I-I-T-A-K-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shiitake is a German masculine noun meaning “shiitake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Speisepilz mit rötlich braunem Hut und festem weißlichem Fleisch, der in Japan und China an Stämmen von…”.
What does Shiitake mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshiitake
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Speisepilz mit rötlich braunem Hut und festem weißlichem Fleisch, der in Japan und China an Stämmen von Bambus und Eichen kultiviert und auch in der Naturheilkunde verwendet wird
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 Shiitake
- Shiitakes genitive
- Shiitaken dative definite plural
- Shii-Take alternative
- Shitake alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Shiitake?
- [ʃiiˈtaːkə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Shiitake
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Shiitake in German?
Shiitake appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).