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German
Etymology
From Middle High German chafter (“beehive; little chamber, closet”), from Old High German chafteri (“beehive”), from Medieval Latin capistērium (“beehive”), for scaphistērium, from Ancient Greek σκαφιστήριον (skaphistḗrion).
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Noun
Käfter n (strong, genitive Käfters, plural Käfter, diminutive Käfterchen n or Käfterlein n)
- (Central Germany) little chamber, closet
- Synonyms: Kamurke, Kammer, Stübchen
1798, Christian Ludwig Stieglitz, “Tollhaus”, in Encyklopädie der bürgerlichen Baukunst, in welcher alle Fächer dieser Kunst nach alphabetischer Ordnung abgehandelt sind, volumes 5: Schi–Z, Leipzig: Caspar Fritsch, page 276:Alle Käfter der Rasenden, so wie auch die Zimmer der Melancholischen müssen im Winter geheitzt werden können.- All lunatics' closets as well as the rooms of the melancholics must allow heating in winter.
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