Handkäse

German

Etymology

From Hand (“hand”) +‎ Käse (“cheese”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhantˌkɛːzə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈhantˌkeːzə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

• Audio (Germany):

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• Hyphenation: Hand‧kä‧se
• Rhymes: -ɛːzə

Noun

Handkäse m (strong, genitive Handkäses, plural Handkäse)

1. hand cheese (literal meaning)

Declension

Declension of Handkäse [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Handkäse	die	Handkäse
genitive	eines	des	Handkäses	der	Handkäse
dative	einem	dem	Handkäse	den	Handkäsen
accusative	einen	den	Handkäse	die	Handkäse

Further reading

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