Weichkäse
[ˈvaɪ̯çˌkɛːzə]
The verdict
“Weichkäse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Käse mit einer weichen, geschmeidigen Konsistenz
Corpus desk
Index DE-weichkase · Weichkäse · German
Weichkäse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | Weichkäse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯çˌkɛːzə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Weichkäse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Weichkäse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯çˌkɛːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Käse mit einer weichen, geschmeidigen Konsistenz".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Weichkäse, 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Weichkäse, spelled W-E-I-C-H-K-Ä-S-E.
Definition
- 1Käse mit einer weichen, geschmeidigen Konsistenz
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Weichkäse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Einige Weichkäse – beispielsweise den Limburger – kann man auch als Stinkkäse bezeichnen, andere Weichkäse schmecken sehr mild.
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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.