Kaffeesatzlesen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Kaffeesatz (“coffee grounds”) + Lesen (“reading”)
Noun
[edit]Kaffeesatzlesen n (strong, genitive Kaffeesatzlesens, no plural)
- tasseography; coffee ground reading; tea leaf reading (predicting the future by reading the grounds left in a cup, especially of coffee)
- (figurative) pointless speculation or prediction about future events
Declension
[edit]Declension of Kaffeesatzlesen [sg-only, neuter, strong]