Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

ett kaffe

coffee/²kafːɛ/

Meaning

coffee

In Swedish: (dryck på) bönor från kaffebusken

Forms

Forms of kaffe
Singular, indefiniteett kaffe
Singular, definitekaffet

kaffe is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort kaffe, det stora kaffet. Check another noun

Practise kaffe

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Is it en kaffe or ett kaffe?

kaffe in a sentence

  • dricka kaffe
    drink coffee
  • dricka en kopp kaffe
    have ["drink" – idiomatic] a cup of coffee
  • brygga kaffe i en kaffebryggare
    brew coffee in a coffee maker [brewer]
  • Kaffe piggar upp dig
    Coffee will pick you up
  • En kopp kaffe skulle sitta fint
    A cup of coffee would be nice
  • Kaffe innehåller koffein
    Coffee contains caffeine
  • Han gillar sitt kaffe starkt
    He likes his coffee strong
  • Det finaste kaffet växer högt över havet
    The best coffee grows high above the sea

Words built with kaffe

  • kaffegrädde cream for coffee
  • kaffebröd buns (and cakes) for coffee
  • kafferast coffee break

Questions

What does kaffe mean in English?

kaffe means “coffee”.

Is it en kaffe or ett kaffe?

It is ett kaffe, and “the coffee” is kaffet.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

Borrowed from German Kaffee, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Nearby common words

kaffe is number 672 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary