Käse

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kase"

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Latin cāseusbor.
    Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz
    Proto-West Germanic *kāsī
    Old High German kāsi
    German Käse

    Inherited from Middle High German kæse, from Old High German kāsi,[1] from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī (“cheese”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkɛːzə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
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      • Rhymes: -ɛːzə
    • IPA(key): /ˈkeːzə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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      • Rhymes: -eːzə
    • IPA(key): /ˈkeːz̥ɛ/, /ˈkeːsɛ/ (southern Germany and Austria)

    Noun

    Käse m (strong, genitive Käses, plural Käse)

    1. cheese
    2. (informal) nonsense

    Usage notes

    • Käse is an irregular noun as it is the only masculine ending in /ə/ that follows the strong declension.

    Declension

    Declension of Käse [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Käse die Käse
    genitive eines des Käses der Käse
    dative einem dem Käse den Käsen
    accusative einen den Käse die Käse

    Hyponyms

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Käse”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

    Further reading

    • “Käse” in Duden online
    • “Käse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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