Käs

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kas"

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German chāsi, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛːs/, /kæːs/
• Hyphenation: Käs

Noun

Käs m (plural Käs)

1. cheese

Derived terms

• Käswasser

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Alemannic German Käs. Austrian German variant of Käse (“cheese”) (alongside Kas which is mainly used outside of Vorarlberg). Used in compounds referring to certain dishes that contain cheese such as Käsknöpfle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛːs/
• Hyphenation: Käs

Noun

Käs m (mixed, genitive Käses, plural Käsen)

1. (Austria, mainly Vorarlberg) cheese

   Synonyms: Kas, Käse

Declension

Declension of Käs [masculine, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Käs	die	Käsen
genitive	eines	des	Käses	der	Käsen
dative	einem	dem	Käs, Käse1	den	Käsen
accusative	einen	den	Käs	die	Käsen

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Ebner, Jakob (2019) Duden, Österreichisches Deutsch. Wörterbuch der Gegenwartssprache in Österreich, 5th edition, Berlin: Dudenverlag, →ISBN, page 268