Café
German, noun
Café is a German neuter noun meaning “a café, a coffee shop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, Cafe is a different word: “alternative spelling of Café”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gaststätte, in der vor allem Kaffee und Kuchen angeboten werden”.
What does Café mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutera café, a coffee shop
- 2
neuternonstandardobsoletecoffee
noun
- 1
neuteralternative spelling of Café
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gaststätte, in der vor allem Kaffee und Kuchen angeboten werden
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 Café
- Cafés genitive
- Cafes genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Café
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Café in German?
Café appears 17 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).