Cafeteria

See also: cafeteria, cafetería, caféteria, and cafétéria

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English cafeteria, from Italian caffetteria (“coffeehouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kafeteˈʀiːa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ca‧fe‧te‧ria

Noun

Cafeteria f (genitive Cafeteria, plural Cafeterien or Cafeterias)

1. cafeteria

   Synonym: (at universities and colleges) Mensa

Declension

Declension of Cafeteria [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Cafeteria	die	Cafeterien, Cafeterias
genitive	einer	der	Cafeteria	der	Cafeterien, Cafeterias
dative	einer	der	Cafeteria	den	Cafeterien, Cafeterias
accusative	eine	die	Cafeteria	die	Cafeterien, Cafeterias

Further reading

• “Cafeteria” in Duden online