kokkaffe
Swedish
Etymology
koka (“to boil”) + kaffe (“coffee”)
Noun
kokkaffe n (uncountable)
- coffee beans coarsely ground to a degree suitable for boiling
- coffee made by placing such coarsely ground coffee beans in boiling water and letting them steep (as opposed to bryggkaffe); boiled coffee, cowboy coffee
Usage notes
More common in Sweden than in the United States.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kokkaffe | kokkaffes |
| definite | kokkaffet | kokkaffets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
See also
- bryggkaffe
- kaffepanna (“coffee pot for making boiled coffee”)