German

Noun

Kasse f ‎(genitive Kasse, plural Kassen)

1. cash register, cash box
2. cash desk, (supermarket) checkout, (film etc.) box office
3. (Short for Krankenkasse) health insurance institution, health insurance company
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 24/2010, page 76:

     Weil die Regierung keine Lösung für die Finanzmisere im Gesundheitswesen findet, droht zahlreichen Kassen der Bankrott.

     Because the government does not find a solution for the desperate financial situation in the health care sector, numerous health insurance institutions are threatened by bankruptcy.

Declension

Derived terms

• zur Kasse bitten
• Kassenpatient
• Staatskasse

Danish

Noun

kasse c (singular definite kassen, plural indefinite kasser)

1. box
2. (geometry) a rectangular cuboid

Declension

Derived terms

• sandkasse

References

• “kasse” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin capsa, via Italian cassa; compare with German Kasse.

Noun

kasse f, m ‎(definite singular kassa or kassen, indefinite plural kasser, definite plural kassene)

1. a box, case, crate
2. a checkout (e.g. in a supermarket)

Derived terms

• fuglekasse
• girkasse
• kassaapparat, kasseapparat

References

• “kasse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin capsa, via Italian cassa.

Noun

kasse m ‎(definite singular kassen, indefinite plural kassar, definite plural kassane)
kasse f ‎(definite singular kassa, indefinite plural kasser, definite plural kassene)

1. a box, case, crate
2. a checkout (e.g. in a supermarket)

Derived terms

• fuglekasse
• girkasse
• kassaapparat, kasseapparat

References

• “kasse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish karse ‎(“basket made from bast or rope”), of uncertain origin.

Noun

kasse c

1. bag (flexible container)

Declension