Käsekästchen

== German == === Etymology === From Käse (“cheese”) +‎ Kästchen (“box, case”), probably an alteration of a pleonastic *Kastkästchen or *Caissekästchen (in the latter form with French caisse). === Pronunciation === === Noun === Käsekästchen n (strong, genitive Käsekästchens, plural Käsekästchen) the game of dots and boxes (loosely, informal) synonym of Tic-Tac-Toe (“tic-tac-toe, noughts and crosses”) 1995, Elke Stein, Promis in kleinen Boxen, in Berliner Zeitung (December 11, 1995), view quote 2016, anonymous, 96-Profis spielen Käsekästchen zum Aufwärmen, in website of Neue Presse (July 5, 2016) ==== Declension ====