Meaning

1 senses
  1. A not-for-profit or a public health insurance company, usually found in health care systems in Central Europe, such as Germany.

    Krankenkasse

Examples

1 sentences
  1. What is the name of your health insurance fund?

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
A not-for-profit or a public health insurance company:

Origin

Calque of German Krankenkasse, from kranken (“sick, unwell”) + Kasse (“fund”).

Calque of German Krankenkasse, from kranken (“sick, unwell”) + Kasse (“fund”).

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Forms

plural: health funds
Singularhealth fund
Pluralhealth funds

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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