Tempeh
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The verdict
“Tempeh” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch die Beimpfung gekochter Sojabohnen mit verschiedenen Pilzen entstehendes Fermentationsprodukt
Corpus desk
Index DE-tempeh · Tempeh · German
Tempeh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | Tempeh |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tempeh“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tempeh is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch die Beimpfung gekochter Sojabohnen mit verschiedenen Pilzen entstehendes Fermentationsprodukt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tempeh, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Tempeh, spelled T-E-M-P-E-H.
Definition
- 1durch die Beimpfung gekochter Sojabohnen mit verschiedenen Pilzen entstehendes Fermentationsprodukt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tempeh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Was tat man nicht alles, um der Herrschaft von Tempeh und Tofu zu entkommen.“
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.