Karaffe

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French carafe or Italian caraffa probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Karaffe f (genitive Karaffe, plural Karaffen)

carafe

Declension

Declension of Karaffe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Karaffe	die	Karaffen
genitive	einer	der	Karaffe	der	Karaffen
dative	einer	der	Karaffe	den	Karaffen
accusative	eine	die	Karaffe	die	Karaffen

Further reading

“Karaffe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Karaffe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Karaffe” in Duden online
“Karaffe” in OpenThesaurus.de
Karaffe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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