Vocabulary
das
Café
/kaˈfeː/· noun· Pl. die Cafés
café (the place)
The place where you meet for Kaffee und Kuchen: „Wir gehen ins Café.“ Careful: das Café is the place, der Kaffee is the drink. Café is stressed at the end (ca-FÉ); in Germany Kaffee is usually stressed at the start (KAF-fee).
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Forms
- Singular
- das Café
- Plural
- die Cafés
- Genitiv
- des Cafés
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Café
café (a place for coffee and cake)
Das Café ist am Marktplatz.
The café is on the market square.
Word family
Cafédas Straßencafépavement cafédas Eiscaféice-cream parlourdie Cafeteriacafeteriader Kaffeecoffee (the drink)
Common combinations
- ins Café gehento go to a café
- im Café sitzento sit in a café
- ein gemütliches Caféa cosy café
Common learner mistakes
- Ich trinke ein Café.Ich trinke einen Kaffee.The drink is der Kaffee (two f, two e); das Café (with é) is the place.
- Ich gehe in Café.Ich gehe ins Café.Keep the article: in + das = ins. In the café is im Café.
Real examples
- Gehen wir ins Café?Shall we go to a café?
- Im Café gibt es sehr guten Kuchen.The café has very good cake.
- Das Café ist am Sonntag geschlossen.The café is closed on Sunday.
