Kaffee
German, noun/ˈkafe/
Kaffee is spelled K-A-F-F-E-E (6 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written German, the 1,232nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaffee is a German masculine noun meaning “coffee (beverage made by infusing coffee beans in hot water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anregendes schwarzes Aufgussgetränk”.
What does Kaffee mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoffee (beverage made by infusing coffee beans in hot water)
- 2
masculineafternoon coffee, afternoon tea, coffee and cake (afternoon meal in northern and central Germany, particularly on Sundays)
Wir fahren am Sonntag zum Kaffee zur Oma.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. anregendes schwarzes Aufgussgetränk 2. der Kaffeestrauch 3. Gattungsname des Kaffeestrauchs^([2]) 4. Kaffeebohne
noun: 1. Gaststätte, in der – zumeist neben einer gewissen Auswahl an Gebäckwaren – Kaffee¹ angeboten wird
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 Kaffee
- Kaffees genitive
- Käffchen diminutive neuter
- Kaffeechen diminutive neuter
- Käfflein diminutive neuter
- Kaffeelein diminutive neuter
- Kaffeetscherl diminutive neuter
- Caffe alternative obsolete
- Caffee alternative obsolete
- Caffeh alternative obsolete
- Coffe alternative obsolete
- Coffee alternative obsolete
- Coffeh alternative obsolete
- Kaffe alternative obsolete
- Kaffeh alternative obsolete
- Koffe alternative obsolete
- Koffee alternative obsolete
- Koffeh alternative obsolete
- Café alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kaffee?
- Germany /ˈkafe/
- /kaˈfeː/
- /ˈkafə/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kaffee
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kaffee in German?
Kaffee appears 69 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).