Caisson

See also: caisson

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French caisson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛˈsõː]
• Hyphenation: Cais‧son

Noun

Caisson m (strong, genitive Caissons, plural Caissons)

1. (engineering) caisson

   Synonym: Senkkasten

Declension

Declension of Caisson [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Caisson	die	Caissons
genitive	eines	des	Caissons	der	Caissons
dative	einem	dem	Caisson	den	Caissons
accusative	einen	den	Caisson	die	Caissons

Derived terms

• Caissonkrankheit

Further reading

• “Caisson” in Duden online