Kasse

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German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian cassa, from Latin capsa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkasə/, [ˈkʰasə]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -asə

Noun[edit]

Kasse f (genitive Kasse, plural Kassen)

  1. cash register, cash box
  2. cash desk, (supermarket) checkout, (film etc.) box office
  3. (informal) Ellipsis of Krankenkasse.; health insurance institution
    • 2010 June 13, Der Spiegel‎[1], number 24, page 76:
      Weil die Regierung keine Lösung für die Finanzmisere im Gesundheitswesen findet, droht zahlreichen Kassen der Bankrott.
      Because the government does not find a solution for the desperate financial situation in the health care sector, numerous health insurance institutions are threatened by bankruptcy.

Declension[edit]

Declension of Kasse [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kasse die Kassen
genitive einer der Kasse der Kassen
dative einer der Kasse den Kassen
accusative eine die Kasse die Kassen

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “Kasse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Kasse” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Kasse” in Duden online
  • Kasse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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