Wasserhäuschen
German
editEtymology
editWasser (“water”) + Häuschen (“small house (diminutive of Haus)”). Named because the shops were originally created to sell bottled water. The -chen suffix is common in Frankfurt-area variants of German.
Noun
editWasserhäuschen n (strong, genitive Wasserhäuschens, plural Wasserhäuschen)
- (Hesse, chiefly Frankfurt) A kiosk; a small shop in an outbuilding selling alcoholic drinks, newspapers and snacks, usually with a bar or tables for outdoor drinking.
- 2021 April 30, Katrin Rosendorff, “Wasserhäuschen in Frankfurt: Gute Nachrichten für die Büdchen”, in Frankfurter Rundschau[1]:
- Denn: Jahrzehntelang hatte die Stadt die Verpachtung dieser Wasserhäuschen, die auf stadteigenen Grundstücken stehen, der Brauereigruppe Radeberger überlassen.
- Because: For decades the city had entrusted the lease of these kiosks, which stand on city-owned property, to the Radeberger group.
Synonyms
edit- Bude, Büdchen
- Kiosk
- Späti (regional, eastern Germany)
- Trinkhalle (regional, Ruhrgebiet)