Bierkasten
German, noun
Bierkasten is spelled B-I-E-R-K-A-S-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bierkasten is a German masculine noun meaning “beer crate, beer case (a bottle crate used for beer bottles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Bierkästen is a different word: “plural of Bierkasten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Aufbewahrungs- und Transportbehältnis für mehrere Bierflaschen”.
What does Bierkasten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeer crate, beer case (a bottle crate used for beer bottles)
noun
- 1
plural of Bierkasten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aufbewahrungs- und Transportbehältnis für mehrere Bierflaschen 2. zum Teil auch Bestelleinheit für eine bestimmte Anzahl von Biergläsern
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Bierkasten
- Bierkastens genitive
- Bierkästen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Bierkasten in German?
Bierkasten appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).