Portokasse
German, noun/ˈpɔʁtoˌkasə/
Portokasse is spelled P-O-R-T-O-K-A-S-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portokasse is a German feminine noun meaning “a cash box at a shop or office used to pay for postage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine (kleine) Kasse in Unternehmen/Behörden für Briefmarken oder das Entgelt von Briefmarken (Porto)…”.
What does Portokasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea cash box at a shop or office used to pay for postage
- 2
femininepetty cash, change, peanuts, any small amount of money
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine (kleine) Kasse in Unternehmen/Behörden für Briefmarken oder das Entgelt von Briefmarken (Porto), Telegramme und Ähnliches 2. ein kleiner Geldbetrag
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 Portokasse
- Portokassen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Portokasse?
- /ˈpɔʁtoˌkasə/
- [ˈpɔʁtoˌkasə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Portokasse in German?
Portokasse appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).