Geigenkasten
German, noun
Geigenkasten is spelled G-E-I-G-E-N-K-A-S-T-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geigenkasten is a German masculine noun meaning “violin case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Geigenkästen is a different word: “plural of Geigenkasten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Behälter, für die Aufbewahrung einer Geige”.
What does Geigenkasten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineviolin case
noun
- 1
plural of Geigenkasten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Behälter, für die Aufbewahrung einer Geige
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 Geigenkasten
- Geigenkastens genitive
- Geigenkästen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Geigenkasten in German?
Geigenkasten appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).