Box

Box (genitive)
Boxen (plural)
Box (nominative singular)
Boxen (definite nominative plural)
Box (genitive singular)
Boxen (definite genitive plural)
Box (dative singular)
Boxen (dative definite plural)
Box (accusative singular)
Boxen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from English box. Doublet of Büchse (“can”) and Buchse (“bushing, connector”).

doublet

box (rectangular container); but not as widely used as in English, perhaps commonest for plastic boxes


Dose

de-noun

Dose f (genitive Dose, plural Dosen, diminutive Döschen n or Döslein n)

Dose (genitive)
Dosen (plural)
Döschen (diminutive neuter)
Döslein (diminutive neuter)
Dose (nominative singular)
Dosen (definite nominative plural)
Dose (genitive singular)
Dosen (definite genitive plural)
Dose (dative singular)
Dosen (dative definite plural)
Dose (accusative singular)
Dosen (accusative definite plural)

Spread via the Lower Rhineland from Middle Low German dōse and Middle Dutch dose. Probably from Latin dosis (“dose”), with semantic shift "a small amount (dose) of medicine" > "a container of such a dose of medicine" > "containers in general".


Koffer

Koffer m (strong, genitive Koffers, plural Koffer)

Koffers (genitive)
Koffer (plural)
Kaffer (alternative)

Borrowed from Bavarian Koffer. Originally a Rotwelsch term. Borrowed from Yiddish כּפֿר (kafer, “farmer”), from Hebrew כְּפָר (kəp̄ār, “village”).

bor+

(Austria, Vienna, informal, derogatory) idiot, fool


Tasche

de-noun

Tasche f (genitive Tasche, plural Taschen, diminutive Täschchen n or Täschlein n or Täschel n)

Tasche (genitive)
Taschen (plural)
Täschchen (diminutive neuter)
Täschlein (diminutive neuter)
Täschel (diminutive neuter)
Tasche (nominative singular)
Taschen (definite nominative plural)
Tasche (genitive singular)
Taschen (definite genitive plural)
Tasche (dative singular)
Taschen (dative definite plural)
Tasche (accusative singular)
Taschen (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: taška

→ Kashubian: tasza

→ Ladin: tascia

→ Slovak: taška

→ Serbo-Croatian: taška, tašna

→ Lithuanian: tašė

From Middle High German tasche, from Old High German taska, tasca. Further origin unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ. Cognate with Dutch tas, Hunsrik Tasch, Middle Low German tasche (“bag, pouch”), Old Norse taska (“bag, purse”) (probably borrowed from Low German). Compare English tasse (“plate armor, which protects the thighs”).


Ampel

Ampel (genitive)
Ampeln (plural)
Ampel (nominative singular)
Ampeln (definite nominative plural)
Ampel (genitive singular)
Ampeln (definite genitive plural)
Ampel (dative singular)
Ampeln (dative definite plural)
Ampel (accusative singular)
Ampeln (accusative definite plural)

→ Swedish: ampel

→ Finnish: amppeli

From Middle High German ampel, ampolle, ampulle, from Old High German ampla, ampulla (“vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *ampullā (“flask, cruse”). The sense development was vessel → hanging lamp (in or shaped like a vessel) → traffic light. Doublet of Ampulle.

inh

ceiling lamp (lamp which hangs from the ceiling)

container (e.g. for a plant) which hangs from the ceiling


Fass

de-noun

Fass n (strong, genitive Fasses, plural Fässer or (optionally after numerals) Fass, diminutive Fässchen n)

Fasses (genitive)
Fässer (plural)
Fass (numeral plural)
Fässchen (diminutive neuter)
Fass (nominative singular)
Fässer (definite nominative plural)
Fass (definite nominative plural)
Fasses (genitive singular)
Fässer (definite genitive plural)
Fass (definite genitive plural)
Fass (dative singular)
Fasse (dative singular)
Fässern (dative definite plural)
Fass (dative definite plural)
Fass (accusative singular)
Fässer (accusative definite plural)
Fass (accusative definite plural)
Faß (alternative)

From Middle High German vaz, from Old High German faz, from Proto-West Germanic *fat. Cognate with Dutch vat, English vat, fat (which see).

Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt


Kasten

Kasten m (strong, genitive Kastens, plural Kästen or (obsolete) Kasten, diminutive Kästchen n or Kästlein n or Kasterl n)

Kastens (genitive)
Kästen (plural)
Kasten (obsolete plural)
Kästchen (diminutive neuter)
Kästlein (diminutive neuter)
Kasterl (diminutive neuter)
Kasten (nominative singular)
Kästen (definite nominative plural)
Kasten (definite nominative obsolete plural)
Kastens (genitive singular)
Kästen (definite genitive plural)
Kasten (definite genitive obsolete plural)
Kasten (dative singular)
Kästen (dative definite plural)
Kasten (dative definite obsolete plural)
Kasten (accusative singular)
Kästen (accusative definite plural)
Kasten (accusative definite obsolete plural)

→ Kashubian: kasta

From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.

(regional, Switzerland, Austria and parts of Southern Germany) cupboard


Korb

Korb m (strong, genitive Korbes or Korbs, plural Körbe, diminutive Körbchen n or Körblein n)

Korbes (genitive)
Korbs (genitive)
Körbe (plural)
Körbchen (diminutive neuter)
Körblein (diminutive neuter)
Korb (nominative singular)
Körbe (definite nominative plural)
Korbes (genitive singular)
Korbs (genitive singular)
Körbe (definite genitive plural)
Korb (dative singular)
Korbe (dative singular)
Körben (dative definite plural)
Korb (accusative singular)
Körbe (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German korp, from Old High German korb, chorp, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.
The sense “rejection of a (romantic) request” is formed back from the expressions einen Korb geben (“to so reject”), einen Korb kriegen (“to be so rejected”). These derive from certain older customs, which involved a bottomless basket as a symbol of the end or inexistence of love. The further origin of this symbol seems uncertain, though it has been plausibly related to the apparent mediaeval practice of pulling a secret visitor up to one’s window in a basket. Compare the same in Dutch een korf krijgen and Swedish få korgen.

(botany) anthodium (inflorescence of a compound flower)

Ich brauche einen Korb für die Beeren, die ich pflücke.

I need a basket for the berries that I pick.

einen Korb bekommen/kriegen

„[…]Er will mit mir in die Kiste, ich will das definitiv nicht“. Die Schwester versteht erst nicht, mit wem A. unterwegs war. […] Die Schwester rät, ihm klar zu machen, dass sie das nicht will. Katja antwortet: „Ich hoffe, dass er mit dem Korb umgehen kann.“

2023 June 15, Benno Stieber, “#MeToo bei der Polizei: Macht missbraucht”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

(informal) rebuff (rejection of a request, especially romantic, such as a proposal or asking for a date)


Eimer

Eimer m (strong, genitive Eimers, plural Eimer)

Eimers (genitive)
Eimer (plural)
Eimer (nominative singular)
Eimer (definite nominative plural)
Eimers (genitive singular)
Eimer (definite genitive plural)
Eimer (dative singular)
Eimern (dative definite plural)
Eimer (accusative singular)
Eimer (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German eim(b)er, einber, Old High German einber, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī. Cognate with Luxembourgish Eemer.


Eimer

de-proper noun

Eimer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Eimers or (with an article) Eimer, feminine genitive Eimer, plural Eimers or Eimer)

Eimers (genitive masculine)
Eimer (genitive masculine)
Eimer (feminine genitive)
Eimers (plural)
Eimer (plural)


Kiste

de-noun

Kiste f (genitive Kiste, plural Kisten, diminutive Kistchen n or Kistlein n)

Kiste (genitive)
Kisten (plural)
Kistchen (diminutive neuter)
Kistlein (diminutive neuter)
Kiste (nominative singular)
Kisten (definite nominative plural)
Kiste (genitive singular)
Kisten (definite genitive plural)
Kiste (dative singular)
Kisten (dative definite plural)
Kiste (accusative singular)
Kisten (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German kiste, from Old High German kista, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”).


Schachtel

de-noun

Schachtel f (genitive Schachtel, plural Schachteln, diminutive Schächtelchen n or Schächtlein n)

Schachtel (genitive)
Schachteln (plural)
Schächtelchen (diminutive neuter)
Schächtlein (diminutive neuter)
Schachtel (nominative singular)
Schachteln (definite nominative plural)
Schachtel (genitive singular)
Schachteln (definite genitive plural)
Schachtel (dative singular)
Schachteln (dative definite plural)
Schachtel (accusative singular)
Schachteln (accusative definite plural)

15th century, from Italian scatola, with metathesis from Latin castulum, itself a diminutive of Lombardic Old High German kasto. Hence a doublet of inherited Kasten as well as the later borrowing Schatulle. The -ch- is due to a Bavarian consonantal development, for which compare Spachtel.

a small, usually square box, package or case


Spann

Spann m (strong, genitive Spannes or Spanns, plural Spanne or Spänne)

Spannes (genitive)
Spanns (genitive)
Spanne (plural)
Spänne (plural)
Spann (nominative singular)
Spanne (definite nominative plural)
Spänne (definite nominative plural)
Spannes (genitive singular)
Spanns (genitive singular)
Spanne (definite genitive plural)
Spänne (definite genitive plural)
Spann (dative singular)
Spanne (dative singular)
Spannen (dative definite plural)
Spännen (dative definite plural)
Spann (accusative singular)
Spanne (accusative definite plural)
Spänne (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German span, from Old Swedish spander, Swedish spann.

Vom 5. Mai ab konnte nun eine geregelte Vertheilung von Wasser an den Brunnen eintreten. Die Jedem zugetheilte Quantität betrug auf je 3 Mann einen kleinen Spann (Wedro) für 24 Stunden. Die Pferde sollten je einen Spann Wasser für 24 Stunden erhalten, man fand es jedoch praktischer und ökonomischer, Pontons bei den Brunnen zu placiren, diese zu füllen und die Pferde daraus zu tränken.

1874, Grimm, “Reise-Eindrücke eines russischen Militair-Arztes während der Expedition nach Chiwa”, in Russische Revue, volume 4, St. Petersburg: Verlag der Kaiserlichen Hofbuchhandlung H. Schmitzdorff (Carl Röttger), page 123 of 97–144:

From the 5th of May on regular distribution of water at the wells could commence. The quantity allotted to everyone was a small bucket (ведро (vedro)) upon three men for 24 hours. The horses were supposed to get a bucket of water each for 24 hours, but it was perceived more feasible and economical to place pontoons at the wells, fill them and drench the horses therefrom.


Truhe

Truhe (genitive)
Truhen (plural)
Truhe (nominative singular)
Truhen (definite nominative plural)
Truhe (genitive singular)
Truhen (definite genitive plural)
Truhe (dative singular)
Truhen (dative definite plural)
Truhe (accusative singular)
Truhen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German truhe, from Old High German truha, related with Trog (“trough”). An Upper German word that only spread northwards during the 19th century, but has since displaced the northern equivalent Lade (now chiefly restricted to the sense “drawer”, but compare Bundeslade).


Tulpe

Tulpe f (genitive Tulpe, plural Tulpen, diminutive Tülpchen n)

Tulpe (genitive)
Tulpen (plural)
Tülpchen (diminutive neuter)
Tulpe (nominative singular)
Tulpen (definite nominative plural)
Tulpe (genitive singular)
Tulpen (definite genitive plural)
Tulpe (dative singular)
Tulpen (dative definite plural)
Tulpe (accusative singular)
Tulpen (accusative definite plural)

→ Estonian: tulp

→ Kashubian: tëlpa

→ Latvian: tulpe

→ Lithuanian: tulpė

Borrowed from Dutch tulp, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (dülbend), from Persian دلبند (dolband). Doublet of Tulipan.

a glass for mainly wine likened in form to a tulip

(colloquial, dated) someone of a rare demeanour

someone of a rare demeanour
a fickle girl


Geldbörse

Geldbörse f (genitive Geldbörse, plural Geldbörsen, diminutive Geldbörschen n or Geldbörsl n)

Geldbörse (genitive)
Geldbörsen (plural)
Geldbörschen (diminutive neuter)
Geldbörsl (diminutive neuter)
Geldbörse (nominative singular)
Geldbörsen (definite nominative plural)
Geldbörse (genitive singular)
Geldbörsen (definite genitive plural)
Geldbörse (dative singular)
Geldbörsen (dative definite plural)
Geldbörse (accusative singular)
Geldbörsen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡɛltˌbœʁzə/

/ˈɡɛltˌbœʁsɛ/

Borrowed from Dutch geldbeurs. Equivalent to Geld (“money”) + Börse (“purse, wallet”).


Puff

Puff m (strong, genitive Puffs or Puffes, plural Puffe)

Puffs (genitive)
Puffes (genitive)
Puffe (plural)
Puff (nominative singular)
Puffe (definite nominative plural)
Puffs (genitive singular)
Puffes (genitive singular)
Puffe (definite genitive plural)
Puff (dative singular)
Puffe (dative singular)
Puffen (dative definite plural)
Puff (accusative singular)
Puffe (accusative definite plural)
Puffe (alternative)

From the sense “thud, wham” understood as a whoosh forming a bulge, and in the sense “cushion seat” semantic loan from French pouf, the “laundry basket” apparently not present in French but extended in German from the broad sense in French of any textile heap.


Konservendose

Konservendose f (genitive Konservendose, plural Konservendosen)

Konservendose (genitive)
Konservendosen (plural)
Konservendose (nominative singular)
Konservendosen (definite nominative plural)
Konservendose (genitive singular)
Konservendosen (definite genitive plural)
Konservendose (dative singular)
Konservendosen (dative definite plural)
Konservendose (accusative singular)
Konservendosen (accusative definite plural)

From Konserve (“preserved food”) + -n- + Dose (“tin, can”).

affix

tin / can (airtight container for conserving food)


Milchkarton

de-noun

Milchkarton m (strong, genitive Milchkartons, plural Milchkartons or Milchkartone)

Milchkartons (genitive)
Milchkartons (plural)
Milchkartone (plural)
Milchkarton (nominative singular)
Milchkartons (definite nominative plural)
Milchkartone (definite nominative plural)
Milchkartons (genitive singular)
Milchkartons (definite genitive plural)
Milchkartone (definite genitive plural)
Milchkarton (dative singular)
Milchkartons (dative definite plural)
Milchkartonen (dative definite plural)
Milchkarton (accusative singular)
Milchkartons (accusative definite plural)
Milchkartone (accusative definite plural)


Portefeuille

Portefeuille n (strong, genitive Portefeuilles, plural Portefeuilles)

Portefeuilles (genitive)
Portefeuilles (plural)
Portefeuille (nominative singular)
Portefeuilles (definite nominative plural)
Portefeuilles (genitive singular)
Portefeuilles (definite genitive plural)
Portefeuille (dative singular)
Portefeuilles (dative definite plural)
Portefeuille (accusative singular)
Portefeuilles (accusative definite plural)

[pɔʁtəˈfœɪ̯]

(obsolete or historical) wallet, a folder to store papers in public or commercial administration

So unverschämt, so dreist ist nicht gleich wieder einer. Sich hier zu zeigen! Ehe er das Ministerium bekam, da war er hier völlig am Platze. Aber das Portefeuille ändert alles. Als Minister bekommt man ganz andre Interessen. So viel Takt müßte er eigentlich haben.

1922, Stendhal, translated by Arthur Schurig, Rot und Schwarz. Zeitbild von 1830, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, Dreiundfünfzigstes Kapitel:

One must own that he must possess an unusual self-assurance, not to say impudence, to put in an appearance here. There were signs of it before he became a minister; but a portfolio changes everything and swamps all a man's interests; he must have felt its effect.

(dated or historical except Austria) the administrative responsibilities assigned to a cabinet minister

(dated or Switzerland, Austria) collection of invested assets


Blumentopf

Blumentopf m (strong, genitive Blumentopfes or Blumentopfs, plural Blumentöpfe)

Blumentopfes (genitive)
Blumentopfs (genitive)
Blumentöpfe (plural)
Blumentopf (nominative singular)
Blumentöpfe (definite nominative plural)
Blumentopfes (genitive singular)
Blumentopfs (genitive singular)
Blumentöpfe (definite genitive plural)
Blumentopf (dative singular)
Blumentopfe (dative singular)
Blumentöpfen (dative definite plural)
Blumentopf (accusative singular)
Blumentöpfe (accusative definite plural)

From Blume (“flower”) + -n- + Topf (“pot”).


Kufe

Kufe (genitive)
Kufen (plural)
Kufe (nominative singular)
Kufen (definite nominative plural)
Kufe (genitive singular)
Kufen (definite genitive plural)
Kufe (dative singular)
Kufen (dative definite plural)
Kufe (accusative singular)
Kufen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German kuofe (also küefe), from Old High German kuofa, of obscure origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *kōpā, *kōpu, from Late Latin *cō̆pa, a variant of Latin cūpa (“tub, vat, cask”), whence also Old Saxon kōpa, Middle Low German kôpe (“vat, tub, barrel”). Merged with Middle High German kūfe, from Old High German kūfa, from Proto-West Germanic *kūpu, a parallel borrowing of Latin cūpa, which otherwise would have yielded modern German *Kaufe. Compare also to German Low German Kuup (“vat, tub, bucket”), Middle Dutch kûpe (modern Dutch kuip (“tub”)), Old English cȳpa (“basket”), modern English kipe and coop.

unc

obscure


Ampulle

de-noun

Ampulle f (genitive Ampulle, plural Ampullen)

Ampulle (genitive)
Ampullen (plural)
Ampulle (nominative singular)
Ampullen (definite nominative plural)
Ampulle (genitive singular)
Ampullen (definite genitive plural)
Ampulle (dative singular)
Ampullen (dative definite plural)
Ampulle (accusative singular)
Ampullen (accusative definite plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin ampulla. Doublet of Ampel


Krätze

Krätze f (genitive Krätze, plural Krätzen)

tlb

(Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, now chiefly dialectal)

Krätze (genitive)
Krätzen (plural)
Krätze (nominative singular)
Krätzen (definite nominative plural)
Krätze (genitive singular)
Krätzen (definite genitive plural)
Krätze (dative singular)
Krätzen (dative definite plural)
Krätze (accusative singular)
Krätzen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German kretze, from Old High German krezzo, from Proto-Germanic *kradô ~ *krattijô. Cognate with Dutch krat, English crate.
Compare with roughly synonymous Kraxe (older also Krächse). Both words very probably influenced each other.

basket, pannier, especially one borne on the back


Amphore

de-noun

Amphore f (genitive Amphore, plural Amphoren)

Amphore (genitive)
Amphoren (plural)
Amphore (nominative singular)
Amphoren (definite nominative plural)
Amphore (genitive singular)
Amphoren (definite genitive plural)
Amphore (dative singular)
Amphoren (dative definite plural)
Amphore (accusative singular)
Amphoren (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin amphora, from Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús).

amphora (a two handled jar with a narrow neck)


Spind

Spind m (strong, genitive Spindes or Spinds, plural Spinde)

Spindes (genitive)
Spinds (genitive)
Spinde (plural)
Spind (nominative singular)
Spinde (definite nominative plural)
Spindes (genitive singular)
Spinds (genitive singular)
Spinde (definite genitive plural)
Spind (dative singular)
Spinde (dative singular)
Spinden (dative definite plural)
Spind (accusative singular)
Spinde (accusative definite plural)

From Middle Low German spint, spinde, borrowed from or reinforced by Middle Dutch spinde, spende. Eventually related with German spenden, from Late Latin spendere, from Latin expendere; either through Medieval Latin spenda, the existence of which is doubted however, or a Germanic derivation from the verb.

a simple cupboard or locker, usually for clothes, as in a barracks or changing room (less often in places where one does not fully undress oneself, as a library, for which usually Schließfach)


Menage

Menage f (genitive Menage, plural Menagen)

Menage (genitive)
Menagen (plural)
Menage (nominative singular)
Menagen (definite nominative plural)
Menage (genitive singular)
Menagen (definite genitive plural)
Menage (dative singular)
Menagen (dative definite plural)
Menage (accusative singular)
Menagen (accusative definite plural)


Suppenteller

Suppenteller m (strong, genitive Suppentellers, plural Suppenteller)

Suppentellers (genitive)
Suppenteller (plural)
Suppenteller (nominative singular)
Suppenteller (definite nominative plural)
Suppentellers (genitive singular)
Suppenteller (definite genitive plural)
Suppenteller (dative singular)
Suppentellern (dative definite plural)
Suppenteller (accusative singular)
Suppenteller (accusative definite plural)


Papierkorb

Papierkorb m (strong, genitive Papierkorbes or Papierkorbs, plural Papierkörbe)

Papierkorbes (genitive)
Papierkorbs (genitive)
Papierkörbe (plural)
Papierkorb (nominative singular)
Papierkörbe (definite nominative plural)
Papierkorbes (genitive singular)
Papierkorbs (genitive singular)
Papierkörbe (definite genitive plural)
Papierkorb (dative singular)
Papierkorbe (dative singular)
Papierkörben (dative definite plural)
Papierkorb (accusative singular)
Papierkörbe (accusative definite plural)

From Papier (“paper”) + Korb (“basket”).

wastepaper basket, wastebasket (small indoors container for dry rubbish, i.e. chiefly old newspapers or writing paper)


Kanister

Kanister m (strong, genitive Kanisters, plural Kanister)

Kanisters (genitive)
Kanister (plural)
Kanister (nominative singular)
Kanister (definite nominative plural)
Kanisters (genitive singular)
Kanister (definite genitive plural)
Kanister (dative singular)
Kanistern (dative definite plural)
Kanister (accusative singular)
Kanister (accusative definite plural)

→ Ladin: canister

→ Polish: kanister

→ Romanian: canistră


Küvette

Küvette f (genitive Küvette, plural Küvetten)

Küvette (genitive)
Küvetten (plural)
Küvette (nominative singular)
Küvetten (definite nominative plural)
Küvette (genitive singular)
Küvetten (definite genitive plural)
Küvette (dative singular)
Küvetten (dative definite plural)
Küvette (accusative singular)
Küvetten (accusative definite plural)

(analytical chemistry) cuvette (small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides)


Streichholzschachtel

Streichholzschachtel f (genitive Streichholzschachtel, plural Streichholzschachteln, diminutive Streichholzschächtelchen n)

Streichholzschachtel (genitive)
Streichholzschachteln (plural)
Streichholzschächtelchen (diminutive neuter)
Streichholzschachtel (nominative singular)
Streichholzschachteln (definite nominative plural)
Streichholzschachtel (genitive singular)
Streichholzschachteln (definite genitive plural)
Streichholzschachtel (dative singular)
Streichholzschachteln (dative definite plural)
Streichholzschachtel (accusative singular)
Streichholzschachteln (accusative definite plural)


Aktenkoffer

Aktenkoffer m (strong, genitive Aktenkoffers, plural Aktenkoffer)

Aktenkoffers (genitive)
Aktenkoffer (plural)
Aktenkoffer (nominative singular)
Aktenkoffer (definite nominative plural)
Aktenkoffers (genitive singular)
Aktenkoffer (definite genitive plural)
Aktenkoffer (dative singular)
Aktenkoffern (dative definite plural)
Aktenkoffer (accusative singular)
Aktenkoffer (accusative definite plural)

[ˈʔäktn̩ˌkɔfɐ]

Akte (“file, papers”) + -n- + Koffer (“case”)

compound

attaché case (briefcase with a hard, rectangular surface)


Aktentasche

de-noun

Aktentasche f (genitive Aktentasche, plural Aktentaschen)

Aktentasche (genitive)
Aktentaschen (plural)
Aktentasche (nominative singular)
Aktentaschen (definite nominative plural)
Aktentasche (genitive singular)
Aktentaschen (definite genitive plural)
Aktentasche (dative singular)
Aktentaschen (dative definite plural)
Aktentasche (accusative singular)
Aktentaschen (accusative definite plural)

[ˈʔäktn̩ˌtäʃə]

Akte (“file, papers”) + -n- + Tasche (“bag”)


Givebox

de-noun

Givebox f (genitive Givebox, plural Giveboxen)

Givebox (genitive)
Giveboxen (plural)
Givebox (nominative singular)
Giveboxen (definite nominative plural)
Givebox (genitive singular)
Giveboxen (definite genitive plural)
Givebox (dative singular)
Giveboxen (dative definite plural)
Givebox (accusative singular)
Giveboxen (accusative definite plural)

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from give + box.

pseudo-loan

Wir schreiben das Jahr 2033. Schon vor zwanzig Jahren hatte sich über die rasche Verbreitung von Car-Sharing-Modellen und Giveboxen in den Städten der Paradigmenwechsel vom Besitzen zum Nutzen angekündigt, der heute im vollen Gange ist

2013, Harald Welzer, Selbst denken: Eine Anleitung zum Widerstand, S. Fischer Verlag, →ISBN:

We're writing the year 2033. Twenty years, the fast spread of car-sharing and Giveboxes in cities heralded the paradigm shift from "owning" to "using" which is currently going full speed ahead.

Wenn sie das Zeug selbst nicht brauchen, reichen sie es weiter, umsonst auf den entsprechenden Märkten und in Umsonstläden oder in Giveboxen, die am Straßenrand, an Bushaltestellen oder in anderen öffentlichen Nischen zum kostenlosen Mitnehmen einladen.

2014, Greta Taubert, Apokalypse jetzt!: Wie ich mich auf eine neue Gesellschaft vorbereite. Ein Selbstversuch, BASTEI LÜBBE, →ISBN:

If they don't need the thing themselves, they pass it on for free in the corresponding markets and in swap-shops, or in Giveboxes by the sides of roads, at bus stops and in other public niches, which offer free taking.

Nachdem richtig große Großstädte wie Berlin schon länger eine haben, gibt es nun auch in Darmstadt die erste Givebox.

2014 March 13, “Erste Givebox in Darmstadt aufgestellt”, in Darmstädter Echo:

While the really big cities like Berlin have had them for longer, Darmstadt now also has its first Givebox.

A box in a public place in which people can put unwanted objects for other people to take; a dropbox.


Mulde

Mulde (genitive)
Mulden (plural)
Mulde (nominative singular)
Mulden (definite nominative plural)
Mulde (genitive singular)
Mulden (definite genitive plural)
Mulde (dative singular)
Mulden (dative definite plural)
Mulde (accusative singular)
Mulden (accusative definite plural)
Multer (alternative)
Mulder (alternative)
Molter (alternative)
Molder (alternative)
Molle (alternative)

→ Polish: mulda

From Middle High German muolter, multer, mulde, from Old High German muoltra, mulda, from Latin mulctra (“milking pail”). The modern form with -d- and without final -r- is Central and Low German; compare also Middle Low German molde, molle.

(technical) a container of the size of a truck which serves for transporting rubbish out of an unkempt dwelling or detritus in mining and the like


Kober

de-noun

Kober m (strong, genitive Kobers, plural Kober, feminine Koberin)

Kobers (genitive)
Kober (plural)
Koberin (feminine)
Kober (nominative singular)
Kober (definite nominative plural)
Kobers (genitive singular)
Kober (definite genitive plural)
Kober (dative singular)
Kobern (dative definite plural)
Kober (accusative singular)
Kober (accusative definite plural)

Rotwelsch from Yiddish קבה (kove, “bed-chamber”), from Hebrew קֻבָּה (qubbā, “bed-chamber, vaulted tent”) as in Numbers 25:8, akin to Aramaic קוּבְּתָא / ܩܘܼܒ݁ܬ݂ܵܐ (qubbəṯā).

cog

Aramaic קוּבְּתָא

die Steuerpflicht der von der Kl. erbrachten Leistungen ergibt sich bereits aus der tatsächlichen Würdigung des FG, dass die von der Kl. neben der Überlassung der Räume erbrachten Leistungen „der Gesamtleistung der Kl. ein anderes Gepräge geben als ein reines Mietverhältnis“ (S. 10 des Urteils).
Das FG hat diese tatsächliche Würdigung darauf gestützt, dass die Kl. neben der Überlassung der einzelnen Räume an die Prostituierten eine Vielzahl an weiteren Leistungen erbracht hat. Diese umfassten einen Platz in einem der „Kober“, der speziell zur Kontaktaufnahme und Vertragsanbahnung mit den Freiern diente und im Gegensatz zu den Räumen durch wechselnde Prostituierte im Schichtbetrieb genutzt wurde, die Ausstattung der Räume mit Alarmknopf und Gegensprechanlage, die Reinigung der Zimmer, den Verkauf von Getränken und Süßwaren gegen gesondertes Entgelt sowie die Nutzung von Gemeinschaftseinrichtungen wie die Küche in X bzw. die Teeküche in Y.

2014 December 17, BFH, Überlassung möblierter Zimmer an Prostituierte, XI R 16/11, DStRE 2015, 608, Rn. 29–30:

a room in a brothel used for prostitution


Kübel

de-noun

Kübel m (strong, genitive Kübels, plural Kübel)

Kübels (genitive)
Kübel (plural)
Kübel (nominative singular)
Kübel (definite nominative plural)
Kübels (genitive singular)
Kübel (definite genitive plural)
Kübel (dative singular)
Kübeln (dative definite plural)
Kübel (accusative singular)
Kübel (accusative definite plural)

→ English: kibble

→ Ladin: chibl

→ Polish: kibel

From Old High German kubilo, a vinicultural loan from Latin cūpula. Doublet of Kuppel.

a fairly tall tub or bucket, especially one with two handles on the sides (rather than a pail)


Molle

Molle (genitive)
Mollen (plural)
Molle (nominative singular)
Mollen (definite nominative plural)
Molle (genitive singular)
Mollen (definite genitive plural)
Molle (dative singular)
Mollen (dative definite plural)
Molle (accusative singular)
Mollen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Low German, from Middle Low German molle, molde, ultimately from Latin mulctra. Doublet of Mulde, which see.

Statt nach Hause zu gehen, suchte mein Vater das nächste Wirtshaus auf und bestellte sich ein Berliner Herrengedeck nach dem anderen: Molle mit Korn.

2023 April 3, Ralf Sotscheck, “Ein Herrengedeck zur Geburt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

(northeastern Germany, Berlin) a beer glass, glass of beer


Tülpchen

Tülpchen n (strong, genitive Tülpchens, plural Tülpchen)

Tülpchens (genitive)
Tülpchen (plural)
Tülpchen (nominative singular)
Tülpchen (definite nominative plural)
Tülpchens (genitive singular)
Tülpchen (definite genitive plural)
Tülpchen (dative singular)
Tülpchen (dative definite plural)
Tülpchen (accusative singular)
Tülpchen (accusative definite plural)

(colloquial) prostitute (female person having sex for profit)


Senftube

Senftube f (genitive Senftube, plural Senftuben)

Senftube (genitive)
Senftuben (plural)
Senftube (nominative singular)
Senftuben (definite nominative plural)
Senftube (genitive singular)
Senftuben (definite genitive plural)
Senftube (dative singular)
Senftuben (dative definite plural)
Senftube (accusative singular)
Senftuben (accusative definite plural)

mustard tube (tubular container for mustard)


Portfolio

Portfolio n (strong, genitive Portfolios, plural Portfolios)

Portfolios (genitive)
Portfolios (plural)
Portfolio (nominative singular)
Portfolios (definite nominative plural)
Portfolios (genitive singular)
Portfolios (definite genitive plural)
Portfolio (dative singular)
Portfolios (dative definite plural)
Portfolio (accusative singular)
Portfolios (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from English portfolio. Doublet of Portefeuille.


Ziste

Ziste (genitive)
Zisten (plural)
Ziste (nominative singular)
Zisten (definite nominative plural)
Ziste (genitive singular)
Zisten (definite genitive plural)
Ziste (dative singular)
Zisten (dative definite plural)
Ziste (accusative singular)
Zisten (accusative definite plural)
Cista (alternative)
Ciste (alternative)
Zista (alternative)