Käfig
German, noun/ˈkɛːfɪç/
Käfig is spelled K-Ä-F-I-G (5 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Käfig is a German masculine noun meaning “cage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Behälter oder Einrichtung, um Lebewesen gefangen zu halten, häufig mit einem Gitter versehen”.
What does Käfig mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Behälter oder Einrichtung, um Lebewesen gefangen zu halten, häufig mit einem Gitter versehen
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 Käfig
- Käfiges genitive
- Käfigs genitive
- Käfige plural
- Käfigen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Käfig?
- /ˈkɛːfɪç/
- /ˈkeːfɪç/
- /ˈkɛːfɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Käfig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Käfig in German?
Käfig appears 4.1 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).