Wasserhäuschen

German

Etymology

Wasser (“water”) +‎ Häuschen (“small house (diminutive of Haus)”). Named because the shops were originally created to sell bottled water. The -chen suffix is common in Frankfurt-area variants of German.

Noun

Wasserhäuschen n (strong, genitive Wasserhäuschens, plural Wasserhäuschen)

(Hesse, chiefly Frankfurt) A kiosk; a small shop in an outbuilding selling alcoholic drinks, newspapers and snacks, usually with a bar or tables for outdoor drinking.
- 2021 April 30, Katrin Rosendorff, “Wasserhäuschen in Frankfurt: Gute Nachrichten für die Büdchen”, in Frankfurter Rundschau‎:
  Denn: Jahrzehntelang hatte die Stadt die Verpachtung dieser Wasserhäuschen, die auf stadteigenen Grundstücken stehen, der Brauereigruppe Radeberger überlassen.
  Because: For decades the city had entrusted the lease of these kiosks, which stand on city-owned property, to the Radeberger group.

Synonyms

Bude, Büdchen
Kiosk
Späti (regional, eastern Germany)
Trinkhalle (regional, Ruhrgebiet)

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