Käse
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kase"
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German kæse, from Old High German chāsi, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī (“cheese”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɛːzə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈkeːzə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- IPA(key): /ˈkeːz̥ɛ/, /ˈkeːsɛ/ (southern Germany and Austria)
Noun
[edit]Käse m (strong, genitive Käses, plural Käse)
Usage notes
[edit]- Käse is an irregular noun as it is the only masculine ending in [ə] that follows the strong declension.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Käse [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ɛːzə
- Rhymes:German/ɛːzə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:German/eːzə
- Rhymes:German/eːzə/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German informal terms
- de:Cheeses