Kummerkasten
German, noun/ˈkʊmɐkastn̩/
Kummerkasten is spelled K-U-M-M-E-R-K-A-S-T-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kummerkasten is a German masculine noun meaning “a receptacle for depositing any kind of emotional burden, usually in written form (sorrow, worries, anger, discontent, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Kummerkasten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea receptacle for depositing any kind of emotional burden, usually in written form (sorrow, worries, anger, discontent, etc.)
- 2
informalmasculinea person acting as such a receptacle
- 3
informalmasculinesuggestion box, complaint box
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Kummerkasten
- Kummerkastens genitive
- Kummerkästen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kummerkasten?
- /ˈkʊmɐkastn̩/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kummerkasten in German?
Kummerkasten appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).