Kaffeekasse
German, noun/ˈkafeˌkasə/
Kaffeekasse is spelled K-A-F-F-E-E-K-A-S-S-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaffeekasse is a German feminine noun meaning “communal cash box at a shop or office, used to buy coffee and other refreshments for the staff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gemeinsame Kasse eines Büros oder einer Abteilung, aus der gemeinsame Ausgaben wie der Einkauf von Kaffee…”.
What does Kaffeekasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecommunal cash box at a shop or office, used to buy coffee and other refreshments for the staff
Hier, der Chef hat mir 20 Euro für unsere Kaffeekasse gegeben.
- 2
feminineany extra money given by clients out of thankfulness etc. (in contexts where tips are not usual)
„Das waren nur zwei Handgriffe: ist umsonst.“ – „Ach, vielen Dank! Aber dann nehmen Sie doch wenigstens zwei Euro für die Kaffeekasse!“
- 3
femininechange, peanuts, petty cash; any relatively small amount of money
Das zahlen die aus der Kaffeekasse!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gemeinsame Kasse eines Büros oder einer Abteilung, aus der gemeinsame Ausgaben wie der Einkauf von Kaffee bestritten 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 Kaffeekasse
- Kaffeekassen plural
- Kaffeekassa variant Austrian German
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kaffeekasse?
- /ˈkafeˌkasə/
- [ˈkafeˌkasə]
- [kaˈfeːˌkasə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kaffeekasse in German?
Kaffeekasse appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).