Café

noun
café, coffee shop
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Café: a German noun meaning 'café' or 'coffee shop', borrowed from French. Gender: das Café, plural die Cafés (accent maintained). Common usage: place to drink coffee and eat pastries. No special prepositions; regular noun declension, plural formed with -s plus acute accent on e.

Examples

Wir treffen uns im Café um drei.
We're meeting at the café at three.
Das Café hat gute Kuchen.
The coffee shop has good cakes.
Wir gehen ins Café.
We're going to the café.

Details

Pluraldie Cafés

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
nominativedas Cafédie Cafés
genitivedes Cafésder Cafés
dativedem Caféden Cafés
accusativedas Cafédie Cafés

Mnemonics

👁️Picture a small outdoor table with coffee cups and pastries
👂same as English 'cafe'
⚧️Remember 'das Café' — many loanwords for places are neuter

Notes

Loanword from French; plural often 'Cafés'.

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