Kaffee

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 1German
o 1.1Alternative forms
o 1.2Etymology
o 1.3Pronunciation
o 1.4Noun
 1.4.1Usage notes
 1.4.2Declension
 1.4.3Synonyms
 1.4.4Derived terms
 1.4.5Related terms
o 1.5Further reading

German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Kaffee

Alternative forms[edit]
(obsolete spellings)

 Caffe, Kaffe
 Caffee
 Caffeh, Kaffeh
 Coffe, Koffe
 Coffee, Koffee
 Coffeh, Koffeh
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French café in the seventeenth century, while the o-Variants – which fell into disuse
with the nineteenth century – are from English coffee.
Pronunciation[edit]

 IPA(key): /ˈkafe/ (overall the most common variant)

 IPA(key): /kaˈfeː/ (Austrian; occasionally elsewhere, but widely perceived as snobbish)
 IPA(key): /ˈkafə/ (parts of northern and eastern Germany)
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 IPA(key): [kʰaˈfeː‿ˈkʰafe]
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 Hyphenation: Kaf‧fee
 Rhymes: -afe, -afə, -eː
 Homophone: Café (only according to the Austrian pronunciation of Kaffee)
Noun[edit]
Kaffee m (genitive Kaffees, plural Kaffees, diminutive Käffchen n or Käfflein n)

1. coffee (beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water)
2. (regional) afternoon coffee, coffee and cake (afternoon meal in northern and central
Germany, particularly on Sundays)
Wir fahren am Sonntag zum Kaffee zur Oma.
On Sunday, we go to Grandma's for coffee [and cake].
Usage notes[edit]

 (beverage): As with most beverages in German, the plural Kaffees is only used to mean
“several kinds of coffee”. Otherwise the singular form is used: Zwei Kaffee, bitte! –
“Two coffees, please!”
 (meal): The use for the afternoon meal is still applicable if one prefers other beverages, such as
tea. It would not be all too extraordinary to say: Wir trinken meistens Tee
zum Kaffee. — (literally) We usually have tea for coffee.
Declension[edit]
show ▼Declension of Kaffee
Synonyms[edit]

 (meal) Kaffeetrinken, Kaffee und Kuchen

Derived terms[edit]

 Käffchen
Related terms[edit]

 Abeokutakaffee
 Abeokuta-Kaffee
 Arabicakaffee
 Kaffeebüchse
 Kaffeedose
 Kaffeedosierer
 Kaffeelöffel
 Kaffeemahlmaschine
 Kaffeemarke
 Kaffeestampfer
 Kaffeestrauch
 Kaffeestube
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Further reading[edit]

 “Kaffee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

 Kaffee in Duden online