Sandkasten
German, noun
Sandkasten is spelled S-A-N-D-K-A-S-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sandkasten is a German masculine noun meaning “sandbox” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Sandkästen is a different word: “plural of Sandkasten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Sand gefüllte Holz- oder Kunststoffkonstruktion zum Spielen für Kinder”.
What does Sandkasten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesandbox
noun
- 1
plural of Sandkasten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mit Sand gefüllte Holz- oder Kunststoffkonstruktion zum Spielen für Kinder 2. Landschaftsmodell für die Planung militärischer Operationen, für geographischen Unterricht oder zu therapeutischen Zwecken (Sandspiel-Therapie) 3. Behälter für den Bremssand bei Schienenfahrzeugen
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 Sandkasten
- Sandkastens genitive
- Sandkästen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Sandkasten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sandkasten in German?
Sandkasten appears 1.4 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).