kaffe
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See also: káffe
Danish
Etymology
From French café or German Kaffee, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve, “coffee”), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee, a brew”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kaffe c (singular definite kaffen, not used in plural form)
Declension
Declension of kaffe
| common gender |
Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kaffe | kaffen |
| genitive | kaffes | kaffens |
References
- “kaffe” in Den Danske Ordbog
Livonian
Etymology
Latvian kafija seems unlikely as a mediator (unless the addition of -ija (as popularized by Juris Alunāns) is a more recent development, Karulis doesn't list kafija) thus possibly directly from German Kaffee.
Noun
kaffe
- coffee
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- siedā kaffezt vel tīeb
- I'm still making that coffee
- siedā kaffezt vel tīeb
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Usage notes
Singular partitive with -zt (as in types 57 – kuțā and 58 – nētša) can be encountered, Viitso, however, indicates inflection type 56 – lilla.
Declension
Declension of kaffe (56)
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | kaffe | kaffed |
| genitive (genitīv) | kaffe | kaffed |
| partitive (partitīv) | kaffe | kaffidi |
| dative (datīv) | kaffen | kaffedõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | kaffeks | kaffedõks |
| illative (illatīv) | kaffe kaffez |
kaffiž |
| inessive (inesīv) | kaffes | kaffis |
| elative (elatīv) | kaffest | kaffist |
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee, a brew”). via French or German.
Pronunciation
Noun
kaffe m (definite singular kaffen) (uncountable)
Derived terms
References
- “kaffe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Cognate with Icelandic kaffi, Faroese kaffi, Danish kaffe, Norwegian Bokmål kaffe, German Kaffee, English coffee.
Pronunciation
Noun
kaffe n (uncountable)
- coffee (a tree, its beans, a drink, a cup of coffee, a ceremony for serving coffee and bread)
- Det finaste kaffet växer högt över havet.
- The best coffee grows high above the sea.
- ... genomför kontroller innan kaffet läggs i säckar ...
- ... performs quality checks before the coffee is put in sacks ...
- Dansen får vänta medans kaffet avnjuts.
- The dance must wait while the coffee is consumed.
- Henrik rörde litet häftigt om i sitt kaffe och det skvätte över på duken.
- Henrik stirred his coffee a little too eagerly and some of it spilled on the tablecloth.
- ... ber om lov att få bjuda sina kamrater på kaffe midsommarafton.
- ... asks permission to invite her friends to coffee on Midsummer's eve.
Declension
| Declension of kaffe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | kaffe | kaffet | — | — |
| Genitive | kaffes | kaffets | — | — |
Derived terms
- begravningskaffe n
- bryggkaffe n (“coffee beans ground to a degree suitable for brewing”)
- cirkelkaffe n
- eftermiddagskaffe n (“afternoon coffee”)
- elvakaffe n (“eleven o'clock coffee”)
- islattekaffe n
- kaffe latte
- kaffeabstinens c
- kaffearom
- kaffeautomat c
- kaffebar c
- kaffebjudning c
- kaffeblandning c (“coffee blend”)
- kaffeblask n, kaffelank c (“very weak coffee with little taste”)
- kaffebord n
- kaffebricka c (“coffee tray; a tray filled with coffee, cups and suitable cookies”)
- kaffebrun
- kaffebryggare c (“device for brewing coffee”)
- kaffebryggning c (“the act of brewing coffee”)
- kaffebrännare c
- kaffebröd n
- kaffeburk c (“coffee can”)
- kaffebuske c (“coffee plant”)
- kaffeböna c (“coffee bean”)
- kaffedags
- kaffedarr
- kaffedoft c
- kaffedrickande
- kaffedrink
- kaffeduk
- kaffefat n (“coffee saucer”)
- kaffefilter
- kaffefläck
- kaffegrotta
- kaffegrädde
- kaffegök
- kaffehalva
- kaffehurra
- kaffejunta
- kaffekaka
- kaffekalas
- kaffekanna c (“coffee pot”)
- kaffekask c (“coffee drink laced with alcohol”)
- kaffekassa
- kaffekittel
- kaffekoffe
- kaffekokare
- kaffekokning
- kaffekopp c (“coffee cup”)
- kaffekorg
- kaffekort
- kaffekupong
- kaffekvarn c (“coffee grinder”)
- kaffelast
- kaffelukt
- kaffemaskin
- kaffemjölk
- kaffemoster
- kaffemugg
- kaffemått
- kaffemärke n (“coffee brand”)
- kaffeost
- kaffepanna
- kaffeparti
- kaffepaus
- kaffepengar
- kaffepetter
- kaffeplanta
- kaffeplantage
- kaffepris
- kaffepulver
- kaffepumpa c (“coffee percolator”)
- kafferansonering
- kafferast
- kafferep
- kafferosteri
- kaffeservering
- kaffeservis
- kaffesked
- kaffeskvätt
- kaffeslurk
- kaffesmak
- kaffesort
- kaffestuga
- kaffestund
- kaffesugen
- kaffesump
- kaffesurr
- kaffesurrogat
- kaffesäck
- kaffetarm
- kaffetermos
- kaffetips n (“a hint pertaining to coffee”)
- kaffeträd
- kaffetunna
- kaffetår
- kaffetörstig
- kaffevatten
- kaffeved c
- kokkaffe n (“coffee beans ground to a degree suitable for boiling”)
- kvällskaffe n
- kyrkkaffe n
- middagskaffe n (“after dinner coffee”)
- mockakaffe n
- morgonkaffe n (“early morning coffee”)
- pulverkaffe n, snabbkaffe n (“instant coffee”)
- surrogatkaffe n
Related terms
Descendants
- → Finnish: kahvi