"Kummerkasten" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʊmɐkastn̩/ Audio: De-Kummerkasten.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Kummer + Kasten Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Kummer|Kasten}}, {{af|de|Kummer|Kasten}} Kummer + Kasten Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,^}} Kummerkasten m (strong, genitive Kummerkastens, plural Kummerkästen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,^}} Forms: Kummerkastens [genitive], Kummerkästen [plural], strong [table-tags], Kummerkasten [nominative, singular], Kummerkästen [definite, nominative, plural], Kummerkastens [genitive, singular], Kummerkästen [definite, genitive, plural], Kummerkasten [dative, singular], Kummerkästen [dative, definite, plural], Kummerkasten [accusative, singular], Kummerkästen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a receptacle for depositing any kind of emotional burden, usually in written form (sorrow, worries, anger, discontent, etc.): Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Kummerkasten-de-noun-2YwVzmft
  2. (informal, figuratively, sometimes humorous) a person acting as such a receptacle Tags: figuratively, humorous, informal, masculine, sometimes, strong
    Sense id: en-Kummerkasten-de-noun-iCYcXQW0
  3. (informal) suggestion box, complaint box Tags: informal, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Kummerkasten-de-noun-8PLnN1RM Categories (other): German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 13 8 79 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 16 15 69 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 14 7 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 3 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 3 84 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 13 7 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Kummerkastentante
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