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German
Etymology
From Käse (“cheese”) + Kästchen (“box, case”), probably an alteration of a pleonastic *Kastkästchen or *Caissekästchen (in the latter form with French caisse).
Pronunciation
Noun
Käsekästchen n (strong, genitive Käsekästchens, plural Käsekästchen)
- the game of dots and boxes
- (loosely, informal) Synonym of Tic-Tac-Toe (“tic-tac-toe, noughts and crosses”)
- 1995, Elke Stein, Promis in kleinen Boxen, in Berliner Zeitung (December 11, 1995), view quote
Wer als erster eine horizontale, vertikale oder diagonale Reihe mit „Xs“ [sic] oder „Os“ zustande bringt, hat die Gewinnchance auf Bargeld, Autos oder Überraschungsreisen – das alte Schülerspiel „Käsekästchen“ läßt grüßen.- The first person to accomplish a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row of X's or O's has the chance to win cash, cars or surprise holiday trips – remember the old pupils' game “noughts and crosses”.
- 2016, anonymous, 96-Profis spielen Käsekästchen zum Aufwärmen, in website of Neue Presse (July 5, 2016)
Beim Vormittagstraining am Dienstag gaben die Profis zum Aufwärmen auf der Mehrkampfarena ordentlich Kette beim Käsekästchen-Spielen. [...] Immer zwei Gruppen sprinteten in die Mitte eines Spielfelds, um drei Hütchen ihrer Farbe in einer Reihe zu legen.- During the warm-up for the training session on Tuesday morning, the players strained themselves properly at playing noughts and crosses in the multiple-purpose arena. Per round, two groups of players sprinted to the middle of the pitch trying to lay down three cones of their respective colours in a row.
Declension
Declension of Käsekästchen