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German
Etymology
Kleid + -er- + Kasten
Pronunciation
Noun
Kleiderkasten m (strong, genitive Kleiderkastens, plural Kleiderkästen)
- (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) Synonym of Kleiderschrank
c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:„Wenn ich dadurch die Sache beschleunige, soll es mir recht sein,“ sagte K., öffnete selbst den Kleiderkasten, suchte lange unter den vielen Kleidern, wählte sein bestes schwarzes Kleid, ein Jackettkleid […] und begann sich sorgfältig anzuziehn.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Kleiderkasten
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