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Investment Objective

The fund seeks to provide maximum current income consistent with stability of capital.

Fees and Expenses

These are the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold and sell shares. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

SHAREHOLDER FEES

(paid directly from your investment)

None

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)

Management fee	0.05
Distribution/service (12b-1) fees	None
Other expenses	0.20
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.25

EXAMPLE

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
	$26	$80	$141	$318

Principal Investment Strategies

Main investments. The fund is a money market fund that is managed in accordance with federal regulations which govern the quality, maturity, diversity and liquidity of instruments in which a money market fund may invest.

The fund operates as a “government money market fund,” as such term is defined under federal regulations. As a government money market fund, the fund is required to invest 99.5% or more of its total assets at the time of investment in cash, short-term US Treasury securities, and/or repurchase agreements that are collateralized by these securities.

The fund follows policies designed to maintain a stable $1.00 share price.

The fund pursues its objective by investing exclusively in short-term US Treasury securities and in repurchase agreements backed by these securities. In a repurchase agreement, the fund buys securities at one price with a simultaneous agreement to sell back the securities at a future date at an agreed upon price. The timely payment of principal and interest on US Treasury securities is guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the US government.

The fund may invest in floating and variable rate instruments (obligations that do not bear interest at an agreed upon price).

Management process. Working in consultation with portfolio management, a credit team screens potential securities and develops a list of those that the fund may buy. Portfolio management, looking for attractive yield and weighing considerations such as credit quality, economic outlooks and possible interest rate movements, then decides which securities on this list to buy.

Main Risks

There are several risk factors that could reduce the yield you get from the fund, cause the fund’s performance to trail that of other investments, or cause you to lose money.

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Money market fund risk. You could lose money by investing in the fund. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so.An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.The Advisor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the fund, and you should not expect that the Advisor will provide financial support to the fund at any time.

Market risk. The market value of the securities in which the fund invests may be impacted by the prospects of individual issuers, particular sectors or governments and/or general economic conditions throughout the world due to increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets.

Market disruption risk. Geopolitical and other events, including war, terrorism, economic uncertainty, trade disputes, public health crises and related geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to disruptions in the US and world economies and markets, which may increase financial market volatility and have significant adverse direct or indirect effects on the fund and its investments. Market disruptions could cause the fund to lose money, experience significant redemptions, and encounter operational difficulties. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by a market disruption, the duration and effects may not be the same for all types of assets.

Russia's recent military incursions in Ukraine have led to, and may lead to, additional sanctions being levied by the United States, European Union and other countries against Russia. Russia's military incursions and the resulting sanctions could adversely affect global energy and financial markets and thus could affect the value of the fund's investments. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict, but could be substantial.

Other market disruption events include the pandemic spread of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, and the significant uncertainty, market volatility, decreased economic and other activity, increased government activity, including economic stimulus measures, and supply chain disruptions that it has caused. The full effects, duration and costs of the COVID-19 pandemic are impossible to predict, and the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to evolve including the risk of future increased rates of infection due to significant portions of the population remaining unvaccinated and/or the lack of effectiveness of current vaccines against new variants. The pandemic has affected and may continue to affect certain countries, industries, economic sectors, companies and investment products more than others, may exacerbate existing economic, political, or social tensions and may increase the probability of an economic recession or depression. The fund and its investments may be adversely affected by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the pandemic may result in the fund and

its service providers experiencing operational difficulties in coordinating a remote workforce and implementing their business continuity plans, among others.

Market disruptions, such as those caused by Russian military action and the COVID-19 pandemic, may magnify the impact of each of the other risks described in this “MAIN RISKS” section and may increase volatility in one or more markets in which the fund invests leading to the potential for greater losses for the fund.

Interest rate risk. Rising interest rates could cause the value of the fund’s investments — and therefore its share price as well — to decline. Although interest rates in the US remain at low levels, they have been rising and are expected to continue to increase in the near future. A rising interest rate environment may cause investors to move out of fixed-income securities and related markets on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of such securities and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions from the fund may force the fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in losses. Recently, there have been signs of inflationary price movements. As such, fixed-income and related markets may experience heightened levels of interest rate volatility and liquidity risk. A sharp rise in interest rates could cause the value of the fund’s investments to decline and impair the fund’s ability to maintain a stable $1.00 share price. Conversely, any decline in interest rates is likely to cause the fund’s yield to decline, and during periods of unusually low or negative interest rates, the fund’s yield may approach or fall below zero. A low or negative interest rate environment may prevent the fund from providing a positive yield or paying fund expenses out of current income and, at times, could impair the fund’s ability to maintain a stable $1.00 share price. Over time, the total return of a money market fund may not keep pace with inflation, which could result in a net loss of purchasing power for long-term investors. Interest rates can change in response to the supply and demand for credit, government and/or central bank monetary policy and action, inflation rates, and other factors. Recent and potential future changes in monetary policy made by central banks or governments are likely to affect the level of interest rates. Changing interest rates may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and potential illiquidity and may detract from fund performance to the extent the fund is exposed to such interest rates and/or volatility. Money market funds try to minimize interest rate risk by purchasing short-term securities. If there is an insufficient supply of US government securities to meet investor demand, it could result in lower yields on such securities and increase interest rate risk for the fund.

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London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), the benchmark rate for certain floating rate securities, has been phased out as of the end of 2021 for most maturities and currencies, although certain widely used US Dollar LIBOR rates are expected to continue to be published through June 2023 to assist with the transition. The fund or the instruments in which the fund invests may be adversely affected by the phase out by, among other things, increased volatility or illiquidity. Although the transition process away from LIBOR has become increasingly well defined, there remains uncertainty regarding the future use of LIBOR and the nature of any replacement reference rate and, accordingly, it is difficult to predict the impact to the fund of the final transition away from LIBOR.

Security selection risk. Although short-term securities are relatively stable investments, it is possible that the securities in which the fund invests will not perform as expected. This could cause the fund's returns to lag behind those of similar money market funds and could result in a decline in share price.

Repurchase agreement risk. If the party that sells the securities to the fund defaults on its obligation to repurchase them at the agreed-upon time and price, the fund could lose money.

Counterparty risk. A financial institution or other counterparty with whom the fund does business, or that underwrites, distributes or guarantees any investments or contracts that the fund owns or is otherwise exposed to, may decline in financial health and become unable to honor its commitments. This could cause losses for the fund or could delay the return or delivery of collateral or other assets to the fund.

Credit risk. The fund's performance could be hurt and the fund's share price could fall below $1.00 if an issuer of a debt security suffers an adverse change in financial condition that results in the issuer not making timely payments of interest or principal, a security downgrade or an inability to meet a financial obligation.

Because of the rising US government debt burden, it is possible that the US government may not be able to meet its financial obligations or that securities issued by the US government may experience credit downgrades. Such a credit event may also adversely impact the financial markets and the fund.

market due to selling activity. If dealer capacity in debt instruments is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the debt markets. Additionally, market participants other than the fund may attempt to sell debt holdings at the same time as the fund, which could cause downward pricing pressure and contribute to illiquidity. An inability to sell one or more portfolio securities can adversely affect the fund’s ability to maintain a $1.00 share price or prevent the fund from being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities.

Unusual market conditions, an unusually high volume of redemption requests or other similar conditions could cause the fund to be unable to pay redemption proceeds within a short period of time. If the fund is forced to sell securities at an unfavorable time and/or under unfavorable conditions, such sales may adversely affect the fund’s ability to maintain a $1.00 share price.

Risks of holding cash. The fund will at times hold cash positions, which may hurt the fund’s performance. Cash positions may also subject the fund to additional risks and costs, including any fees imposed by the fund’s custodian for large cash balances.

Inflation risk. Inflation risk is the risk that the real value of certain assets or real income from investments (the value of such assets or income after accounting for inflation) will be less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. Inflation, and investors’ expectation of future inflation, can impact the current value of the fund's portfolio, resulting in lower asset values and losses to shareholders. This risk may be elevated compared to historical market conditions because of recent monetary policy measures and the current interest rate environment.

Operational and technology risk. Cyber-attacks, disruptions or failures that affect the fund’s service providers or counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund, or other market participants may adversely affect the fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses for the fund or impairing fund operations. For example, the fund’s or its service providers’ assets or sensitive or confidential information may be misappropriated, data may be corrupted and operations may be disrupted (e.g., cyber-attacks, operational failures or broader disruptions may cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential fund information, interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, impact the ability to calculate the fund’s net asset value and impede trading). Market events and disruptions also may trigger a volume of transactions that overloads current information technology and communication systems and processes, impacting the ability to conduct the fund’s operations.

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do not apply to third parties, such as fund counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund or other market participants, as well as the possibility that certain risks have not been identified or that unknown threats may emerge in the future and there is no assurance that such plans and processes will be effective. Among other situations, disruptions (for example, pandemics or health crises) that cause prolonged periods of remote work or significant employee absences at the fund’s service providers could impact the ability to conduct the fund’s operations. In addition, the fund cannot directly control any cybersecurity plans and systems put in place by its service providers, fund counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund or other market participants.

Past Performance

How a fund's returns vary from year to year can give an idea of its risk.Past performance may not indicate future results. All performance figures below assume that dividends were reinvested. The 7-day yield, which is often referred to as the “current yield,” is the income generated by the fund over a seven-day period. This amount is then annualized, which means that we assume the fund generates the same income every week for a year. For more recent performance figures and the current yield, go to dws.com/en-us/capabilities/liquidity-management (the Web site does not form a part of this prospectus) or call the telephone number included in this prospectus.

CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS (%) (Institutional Shares)

Returns for other classes were different and are not shown here.

	Returns	Period ending
Best Quarter	0.57%	June 30, 2019
Worst Quarter	0.00%	March 31, 2013
Year-to-Date	0.18%	June 30, 2022

Average Annual Total Returns
(For periods ended 12/31/2021 expressed as a %) (Institutional Shares)

	Class Inception	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
	12/17/1991	0.01	0.99	0.52

Total returns would have been lower if operating expenses had not been reduced.

For more recent performance information, contact the financial services firm from which you obtained this prospectus.

Management

Investment Advisor

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment

The minimum initial investment is $1,000,000, and there is no minimum additional investment.

To Place Orders

The fund is available directly through DWS or through a financial representative, such as a broker or financial institution. You should contact a representative of your financial representative for instructions on how to buy or sell fund shares.

Tax Information

The fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k), or other tax-advantaged investment plan. Any withdrawals you make from such tax-advantaged investment plans, however, may be taxable to you.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and
Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the fund, the Advisor, and/or the Advisor’s affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Web site for more information.

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Additional Information About Fund Strategies and Risks

Investment Objective

The fund seeks to provide maximum current income consistent with stability of capital.

Principal Investment Strategies

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Fund securities are denominated in US dollars and, at the time of purchase, have remaining maturities of 397 days (about 13 months) or less, or have certain maturity shortening features (such as interest rate resets and demand features) that have the effect of reducing their maturities to 397 days or less.

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The fund maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity of (i) 60 days or less and (ii) 120 days or less determined without regard to interest rate resets.

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The fund maintains certain minimum liquidity standards such that:

the fund may not purchase a security other than a security offering daily liquidity if, immediately after purchase, the fund would have invested less than 10% of its total assets in securities offering daily liquidity (includes securities that mature or are subject to demand within one business day, cash or direct US government obligations);

the fund may not purchase a security other than a security offering weekly liquidity if, immediately after purchase, the fund would have invested less than 30% of its total assets in securities offering weekly liquidity (includes securities that mature or are subject to demand within five business days, cash and direct US government obligations); and

the fund may not purchase an illiquid security if, immediately after purchase, the fund would have invested more than 5% of its total assets in illiquid securities (securities that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at approximately the market value ascribed to them by the fund).

The fund may invest in floating and variable rate instruments (obligations that do not bear interest at an agreed upon price).

Portfolio management may adjust the fund’s exposure to interest rate risk, typically seeking to take advantage of possible rises in interest rates and to preserve yield when interest rates appear likely to fall.

Main Risks

There are several risk factors that could reduce the yield you get from the fund, cause the fund’s performance to trail that of other investments, or cause you to lose money.

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its service providers experiencing operational difficulties in coordinating a remote workforce and implementing their business continuity plans, among others.

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Purchase and redemption decisions by institutional investors in money market funds may be highly sensitive to changes in portfolio yield and, as a result, the fund’s assets may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time in response to changes in the fund’s yield relative to other money market funds. In rising and declining interest rate environments, the fund’s yield may improve or decline relative to other money market funds depending on the duration positioning of the fund’s investments. Depending on the fund’s yield relative to other money market funds, institutional investors may make relatively large redemptions or purchases of fund shares. Large redemptions by these shareholders may impact the fund’s ability to maintain a $1.00 share price.

Repurchase agreement risk. If the party that sells the securities to the fund defaults on its obligation to repurchase them at the agreed-upon time and price, the fund could lose money.

Because of the rising US government debt burden, it is possible that the US government may not be able to meet its financial obligations or that securities issued by the

US government may experience credit downgrades. Such a credit event may also adversely impact the financial markets and the fund.

Liquidity and transaction risk. The liquidity of portfolio securities can deteriorate rapidly due to credit events affecting issuers or due to general market conditions and a lack of willing buyers. When there are no willing buyers and an instrument cannot be readily sold at a desired time or price, the fund may have to accept a lower price or may not be able to sell the instrument at all. The potential for liquidity risk may be magnified by a rising interest rate environment or other circumstances where investor redemptions from money market funds may be higher than normal, potentially causing increased supply in the market due to selling activity. If dealer capacity in debt instruments is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the debt markets. Additionally, market participants other than the fund may attempt to sell debt holdings at the same time as the fund, which could cause downward pricing pressure and contribute to illiquidity. An inability to sell one or more portfolio securities can adversely affect the fund’s ability to maintain a $1.00 share price or prevent the fund from being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities.

Certain shareholders, including clients or affiliates of the Advisor, may from time to time own or control a significant percentage of the fund’s shares. These shareholders may include, for example, institutional investors and other shareholders whose buy-sell decisions are controlled by a single decision maker. Redemptions by these shareholders, or a high volume of redemption requests generally, may further increase the fund’s liquidity risk and may impact the fund’s ability to maintain a $1.00 share price.

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While the fund and its service providers may establish business continuity and other plans and processes that seek to address the possibility of and fallout from cyber-attacks, disruptions or failures, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems, including that they do not apply to third parties, such as fund counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund or other market participants, as well as the possibility that certain risks have not been identified or that unknown threats may emerge in the future and there is no assurance that such plans and processes will be effective. Among other situations, disruptions (for example, pandemics or health crises) that cause prolonged periods of remote work or significant employee absences at the fund’s service providers could impact the ability to conduct the fund’s operations. In addition, the fund cannot directly control any cybersecurity plans and systems put in place by its service providers, fund counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund or other market participants.

Cyber-attacks may include unauthorized attempts by third parties to improperly access, modify, disrupt the operations of, or prevent access to the systems of the fund’s service providers or counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund or other market participants or data within them. In addition, power or communications outages, acts of god, information technology equipment malfunctions, operational errors, and inaccuracies within software or data processing systems may also disrupt business operations or impact critical data.

Cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures may adversely affect the fund and its shareholders or cause reputational damage and subject the fund to regulatory fines, litigation costs, penalties or financial losses, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. In addition, cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures involving a fund counterparty could affect such counterparty’s ability to meet its obligations to the fund,

which may result in losses to the fund and its shareholders. Similar types of operational and technology risks are also present for issuers of securities held by the fund, which could have material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the fund’s investments to lose value. Furthermore, as a result of cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities or the entire market, which may result in the fund being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments or unable to accurately price its investments.

For example, the fund relies on various sources to calculate its NAV. Therefore, the fund is subject to certain operational risks associated with reliance on third party service providers and data sources. NAV calculation may be impacted by operational risks arising from factors such as failures in systems and technology. Such failures may result in delays in the calculation of the fund’s NAV and/or the inability to calculate NAV over extended time periods. The fund may be unable to recover any losses associated with such failures.

Other Policies

While the previous pages describe the main points of the fund’s strategy and risks, there are a few other matters to know about:

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Although major changes tend to be infrequent, the fund's Board could change the fund's investment objective without shareholder approval. The Board will provide shareholders with at least 60 days’ notice prior to making any changes to the fund’s policy of investing exclusively in short-term US Treasury securities and in repurchase agreements backed by these securities.

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While the fund currently does not intend to impose a liquidity fee or redemption gate in connection with the implementation of federal regulations relating to money market funds, the fund may elect to do so in the future.

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From time to time, the fund may have a concentration of shareholder accounts holding a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact on the fund.

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Your fund assets may be at risk of being transferred to the appropriate state if you fail to maintain a valid address and/or if certain activity does not occur in your account within the time specified by state abandoned property law. Contact your financial representative or the transfer agent for additional information.

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Shareholders of the fund (which may include affiliated and/or non-affiliated registered investment companies that invest in the fund) may make relatively large redemptions or purchases of fund shares. These transactions may cause the fund to have to sell securities or invest additional cash, as the case may be. While it is impossible to predict the overall impact of these transactions over time, there could be adverse effects on the fund’s performance to the extent that the fund may be

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required to sell securities or invest cash at times when it would not otherwise do so. These transactions could adversely impact the fund’s liquidity, accelerate the realization of taxable income if sales of securities resulted in capital gains or other income and increase transaction costs, which may adversely affect the fund’s performance. These transactions could also adversely impact the fund’s ability to implement its investment strategies and pursue its investment objective, and, as a result, a larger portion of the fund’s assets may be held in cash or cash equivalents. In addition, large redemptions could significantly reduce the fund’s assets, which may result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio on account of expenses being spread over a smaller asset base and/or the loss of fee breakpoints.

For More Information

This prospectus doesn’t tell you about every policy or risk of investing in the fund. If you want more information on the fund’s allowable securities and investment practices and the characteristics and risks of each one, you may want to request a copy of the Statement of Additional Information (the back cover tells you how to do this).

Keep in mind that there is no assurance that the fund will achieve its objective.

A schedule of the fund’s portfolio holdings, including information required by applicable regulations, is posted once each month on dws.com/en-us/capabilities/liquidity-management (the Web site does not form a part of this prospectus). Portfolio holdings as of each month-end are posted to the Web site within five business days of the date of the applicable portfolio holdings information. More frequent posting of portfolio holdings information may be made from time to time on dws.com/en-us/capabilities/liquidity-management. The posted portfolio holdings information is available by fund and generally remains accessible for a period of not less than six months. The fund also may post on the Web site, on the same or a more frequent basis, various depictions of portfolio characteristics such as the allocation of the portfolio across various security types, market sectors and sub-sectors and maturities, liquidity and risk characteristics of the portfolio. The fund’s Statement of Additional Information includes a description of the fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the fund’s portfolio holdings.

Who Manages and Oversees the Fund

The Investment Advisor

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (“DIMA” or the “Advisor”), with headquarters at 875 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022, is the investment advisor for the fund. Under the oversight of the Board, the Advisor makes investment decisions, buys and sells securities for the fund and conducts research that leads to these purchase

and sale decisions. The Advisor is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (“DWS Group”), a separate, publicly-listed financial services firm that is an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG. The Advisor and its predecessors have more than 90 years of experience managing mutual funds and provide a full range of global investment advisory services to institutional and retail clients.

DWS represents the asset management activities conducted by DWS Group or any of its subsidiaries, including DIMA, other affiliated investment advisors and DWS Distributors, Inc. (“DDI” or the “Distributor”). DWS is a global organization that offers a wide range of investing expertise and resources, including hundreds of portfolio managers and analysts and an office network that reaches the world’s major investment centers. This well-resourced global investment platform brings together a wide variety of experience and investment insight across industries, regions, asset classes and investing styles.

Management Fee. The Advisor receives a management fee from the fund. Below is the actual rate paid by the fund for the most recent fiscal year, as a percentage of the fund’s average daily net assets.

Fund Name	Fee Paid
DWS Treasury Portfolio	0.00%*

Reflecting the effect of expense limitations and/or fee waivers then in effect.

The Advisor has contractually agreed through July 31, 2023 to waive its fees and/or reimburse certain operating expenses of Institutional Shares to the extent necessary to maintain the total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest expenses) at a ratio no higher than 0.25%. The agreement may only be terminated with the consent of the fund's Board.

From time to time, the Advisor may voluntarily waive a portion of its fees and/or reimburse certain operating expenses of the fund. These voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements may be terminated at any time at the option of the Advisor. These voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements are in addition to any existing contractual expense limitations.

The Advisor and its affiliates may voluntarily waive a portion of their fees and/or reimburse certain expenses to the extent necessary to assist the fund in attempting to avoid a negative yield. There is no guarantee that the fund will avoid a negative yield. These voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements may be amended or terminated at any time at the option of the Advisor. These voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements are in addition to any existing contractual expense limitations.

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the fund’s investment management agreement is contained in the most recent shareholder report for the

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annual period ended March 31 and the semi-annual period ended September 30 (see “Shareholder reports” on the back cover).

Under a separate administrative services agreement between the fund and the Advisor, the fund pays the Advisor a fee of 0.097% of the fund’s average daily net assets for providing most of the fund's administrative services. The administrative services fee discussed above is included in the fees and expenses table under “Other expenses.”

Multi-Manager Structure. The Advisor, subject to the approval of the Board, has ultimate responsibility to oversee any subadvisor to the fund and to recommend the hiring, termination and replacement of subadvisors. The fund and the Advisor have received an order from the SEC that permits the Advisor to appoint or replace certain subadvisors, to manage all or a portion of the fund’s assets and enter into, amend or terminate a subadvisory agreement with certain subadvisors, in each case subject to the approval of the fund’s Board but without obtaining shareholder approval (“multi-manager structure”). The multi-manager structure applies to subadvisors that are not affiliated with the fund or the Advisor (“nonaffiliated subadvisors”), as well as subadvisors that are indirect or direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Advisor or that are indirect or direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the same company that, indirectly or directly, wholly owns the Advisor (“wholly-owned subadvisors”). Pursuant to the SEC order, the Advisor, with the approval of the fund’s Board, has the discretion to terminate any subadvisor and allocate and reallocate the fund’s assets among any other nonaffiliated subadvisors or wholly-owned subadvisors (including terminating a nonaffiliated subadvisor and replacing it with a wholly-owned subadvisor). The fund and the Advisor are subject to the conditions imposed by the SEC order, including the condition that within 90 days of hiring a new subadvisor pursuant to the multi-manager structure, the fund will provide shareholders with an information statement containing information about the new subadvisor. The shareholders of the fund have approved the multi-manager structure described herein.

Management

A group of investment professionals is responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund. These investment professionals have a broad range of experience managing money market funds.

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Investing in the Fund

Buying and Selling Shares

The following pages describe the main policies associated with buying and selling shares of the fund. There is also information on dividends and taxes and other matters that may affect you as the shareholder.

If you’re investing directly with DWS, all of this information applies to you. If you’re investing through a “third party provider” — for example, a workplace retirement plan, financial supermarket or financial representative — your provider may have its own policies or instructions and you should follow those.

You can find out more about the topics covered here by speaking with your financial representative or a representative of your workplace retirement plan or other investment provider. For an analysis of the fees associated with an investment in the fund or similar funds, please refer to tools.finra.org/fund_analyzer/ (this Web site does not form a part of this prospectus).

Minimum Initial Investment

The minimum initial investment is $1,000,000, and there is no minimum additional investment.

Financial Intermediary Support Payments

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may pay additional compensation, out of their own assets and not as an additional charge to the fund, to selected affiliated and unaffiliated brokers, dealers, participating insurance companies or other financial intermediaries (“financial representatives”) in connection with the sale and/or distribution of fund shares or the retention and/or servicing of fund investors and fund shares (“revenue sharing”). Such revenue sharing payments are in addition to any distribution or service fees payable under any Rule 12b-1 or service plan of the fund, any recordkeeping/sub-transfer agency/networking fees payable by the fund (generally through the Distributor or an affiliate) and/or the Distributor or Advisor to certain financial representatives for performing such services and any sales charges, commissions, non-cash compensation arrangements expressly permitted under applicable rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or other concessions described in the

fee table or elsewhere in this prospectus or the Statement of Additional Information as payable to all financial representatives. For example, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may, using their legitimate profits, compensate financial representatives for providing the fund with “shelf space” or access to a third party platform or fund offering list or other marketing programs, including, without limitation, inclusion of the fund on preferred or recommended sales lists, mutual fund “supermarket” platforms and other formal sales programs; granting the Distributor access to the financial representative’s sales force; granting the Distributor access to the financial representative’s conferences and meetings; assistance in training and educating the financial representative’s personnel; and obtaining other forms of marketing support. In addition, revenue sharing payments may consist of the Distributor’s and/or its affiliates’ payment or reimbursement of ticket charges that would otherwise be assessed by a financial representative on an investor’s fund transactions.

The level of revenue sharing payments made to financial representatives may be a fixed fee or based upon one or more of the following factors: gross sales, current assets and/or number of accounts of the fund attributable to the financial representative, the particular fund or fund type or other measures as agreed to by the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates and the financial representatives or any combination thereof. The amount of these payments is determined at the discretion of the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates from time to time, may be substantial, and may be different for different financial representatives based on, for example, the nature of the services provided by the financial representative.

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates currently make revenue sharing payments from their own assets in connection with the sale and/or distribution of DWS fund shares or the retention and/or servicing of investors to financial representatives in amounts that generally range from 0.01% up to 0.52% of assets of the fund serviced and maintained by the financial representative, 0.05% to 0.25% of sales of the fund attributable to the financial representative, a flat fee of up to $95,000, or any combination thereof. These amounts are annual figures typically paid on a quarterly basis and are subject to change at the discretion of the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their

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affiliates. Receipt of, or the prospect of receiving, this additional compensation may influence your financial representative’s recommendation of the fund or of any particular share class of the fund. You should review your financial representative’s compensation disclosure and/or talk to your financial representative to obtain more information on how this compensation may have influenced your financial representative’s recommendation of the fund. Additional information regarding these revenue sharing payments is included in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information, which is available to you on request at no charge (see the back cover of this prospectus for more information on how to request a copy of the Statement of Additional Information).

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may also make such revenue sharing payments to financial representatives under the terms discussed above in connection with the distribution of both DWS funds and non-DWS funds by financial representatives to retirement plans that obtain recordkeeping services from ADP, Inc. or to 403(b) plans that obtain recordkeeping services from Ascensus, Inc. on the DWS-branded retirement plan platform (the “Platform”). The level of revenue sharing payments is based upon sales of both the DWS funds and the non-DWS funds by the financial representative on the Platform or current assets of both the DWS funds and the non-DWS funds serviced and maintained by the financial representative on the Platform.

It is likely that broker-dealers that execute portfolio transactions for the fund will include firms that also sell shares of the DWS funds to their customers. However, the Advisor will not consider sales of DWS fund shares as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the DWS funds. Accordingly, the Advisor has implemented policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent its traders from considering sales of DWS fund shares as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the fund. In addition, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates will not use fund brokerage to pay for their obligation to provide additional compensation to financial representatives as described above.

Policies You Should Know About

Along with the information on the previous pages, the policies below may affect you as a shareholder. Some of this information, such as the section on distributions and taxes, applies to all investors, including those investing through a financial representative.

If you are investing through a financial representative or through a retirement plan, check the materials you received from them about how to buy and sell shares because particular financial representatives or other intermediaries may adopt policies, procedures or limitations that are separate from those described in this prospectus.

Please note that a financial representative or other intermediary may charge fees separate from those charged by the fund and may be compensated by the fund.

Keep in mind that the information in this prospectus applies only to the shares offered herein. Other share classes are described in separate prospectuses and have different fees, requirements and services.

Policies About Transactions

In accordance with requirements under anti-money laundering regulations, we may request additional information and/or documents to verify your identity. This information includes, but is not limited to, your name, address, date of birth and other identifying documentation. If after reasonable effort we are unable to obtain this information to verify your identity, in accordance with federal regulations, within the time frames established by the fund, we will provide you with written notification and we may reject your application and order.

All transactions are processed at the share price next calculated after the order or instruction is received in “good order.”

Because orders placed through a financial representative must be forwarded to the transfer agent, you’ll need to allow extra time for your order to be processed. Your financial representative should be able to tell you approximately when your order will be processed. It is the responsibility of your financial representative to forward your order to the transfer agent in a timely manner.

In the exercise of its sole discretion, the fund at any time may, without prior notice, refuse, cancel, limit or rescind any purchase; cancel or rescind any purchase order placed through a financial intermediary no later than the business day after the order is received by the financial intermediary; freeze account activity; and/or involuntarily redeem and close an existing account. Specifically, the fund reserves the right to involuntarily redeem an account (i) in case of actual or suspected fraudulent, illegal or suspicious activity by the account owner or any other individual associated with the account; or (ii) if the account owner fails to provide legally required information, including information and/or documentation related to identity verification, to the fund. The fund is not required to provide justification to a potential or existing shareholder for taking any such action. Please be advised that if the fund involuntarily redeems and closes your account, under tax laws, you may be required to recognize a gain or a loss or otherwise incur tax consequences.

With certain limited exceptions, only US residents may invest in the fund.

Good order. We reserve the right to reject any order or instruction that is not in “good order.” Good order generally means that the order or instruction:

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is complete and accurate (e.g., includes the account number, fund name, and amount of the transaction);

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is provided by a person authorized to act for your account;

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is accompanied by any required signatures, including signature guarantees or notarized signatures; and

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is accompanied by any required supporting documentation.

Good order requirements are established by the fund or the transfer agent, depend on the type of account or transaction, and may be changed or waived at any time. Contact DWS if you have any questions.

Transaction Processing. Orders for the purchase of shares by wire transfer will normally be effective at the share price next computed after receipt of the wire transfer of the amount to be invested. If a wire transfer purchase order is received in good order before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (or prior to the close of the fund, if the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) closes early on such date), it will normally receive the dividend for that day.

Shareholders known to the fund may notify the transfer agent in advance of their wire transfer purchase by calling the transfer agent prior to the 5:00 p.m. Eastern time cut-off time and providing the amount of the order. Shareholders will receive a confirmation number for the trade. If the fund receives the wire transfer before the close of the Federal Funds wire system, the trade will be entitled to that day's dividend. If the fund does not receive the wire transfer by the close of the Federal Funds wire system, the trade may not receive the dividend for that day and, depending upon the circumstances, the trade may receive the dividend for the following business day or may be canceled or rejected and, in any case, shareholders may be charged for any losses or fees that result, which may be paid by deductions from their account or otherwise. The fund's Distributor may refuse to allow any shareholder to trade with the fund in this manner and may require that the wire transfer of purchase proceeds be received before the trade is considered in good order.

Investments by check will be effective on the business day following receipt and will earn dividends the following business day.

Please contact your financial representative for wire instructions and purchase orders.

Orders processed through dealers or other financial services firms via Fund/SERV will be effected at the share price calculated on the trade day (normally the date the order is received). Purchases processed via Fund/SERV will begin earning dividends on the day a fund receives the payment (typically the next business day). For redemptions processed via Fund/SERV, you generally will receive dividends accrued up to, but not including, the business day that payment for your shares is made.

When selling shares, shareholders generally receive dividends up to, but not including, the business day following the day on which the shares were sold. To sell shares, you must state whether you would like to receive the proceeds by wire or check.

In order to receive proceeds by wire, contact the transfer agent before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. After you inform the transfer agent of the amount of your redemption, you will receive a trade confirmation number. If the fund receives a sell request before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and the request calls for proceeds to be sent out by wire, the proceeds will normally be wired on the same day. However, the shares sold will not earn that day’s dividend.

As noted below, proceeds of a redemption may be delayed. The ability to receive “same day” wire redemption proceeds can be affected by a variety of circumstances including the time that the request is made, the level of redemption requests and purchase orders and general market conditions. A request for a same day wire redemption that is received earlier in the day will be given priority over a request received later in the day in the event that it is necessary to limit the amount of same day wire redemptions.

Sub-Minimum Balances. The fund may close your account and send you the proceeds if your balance falls below $1,000,000; we will give you 60 days’ notice so you can either increase your balance or close your account (this policy doesn't apply to most retirement accounts or if you have an automatic investment plan).

Responsibility for fraud. The fund and its service providers, including DWS, shall not be liable for any loss incurred by reason of the fund accepting unauthorized transaction requests for your account if the fund reasonably believes the instructions to be genuine. In order to safeguard your account, you should keep all account information private and review all confirmation statements and other account-related communications as soon as you receive them. We will consider all transactions to be properly processed if discrepancies are not reported promptly. Contact us immediately if you suspect that someone has gained unauthorized access to your account. The DWS Account Security Program provides further information on how you can protect your account. Visit the Investor Resource Center at dws.com for more information.

The fund does not issue share certificates.

The fund accepts payment for shares only in US dollars by a check drawn on a US bank, a bank or Federal Funds wire transfer or an electronic bank transfer. The fund does not accept third party checks. A third party check is a check made payable to one or more parties and offered as payment to one or more other parties (e.g., a check made payable to you that you offer as payment to someone else). Checks should be payable to DWS and drawn by you or a financial institution on your behalf with your name or account number included with the check.

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If you pay for shares by check and the check fails to clear, we have the right to cancel your order, hold you liable or charge you or your account for any losses or fees the fund or its agents have incurred.

Selling shares of trust accounts and business or organization accounts may require additional documentation. Please call DWS (see telephone number on the back cover) or contact your financial representative for more information.

Money from shares you sell is sent out within one business day of the business day that your redemption order is effective except as discussed below. In addition, as described above under “Transaction Processing,” requests for redemptions by wire received before the daily cut-off time will normally result in proceeds being sent out by wire on the same day. Redemption proceeds could be delayed when you are selling shares you bought recently by check (the funds will be placed under a 10 calendar day hold to ensure good funds) or when unusual circumstances prompt the SEC to allow further delays. Certain expedited redemption processes (e.g., redemption proceeds by wire) may also be delayed or unavailable when you are selling shares recently purchased or in the event of a non-routine closure of the Federal Reserve wire payment system.

Redemptions will generally be in the form of cash and the fund typically expects to satisfy redemption requests by using available cash or by selling portfolio securities if available cash is not sufficient to meet redemptions. The fund may also utilize inter-fund lending, though such use is expected to be rare. The fund may use any of these methods of satisfying redemption requests under normal or stressed market conditions.

The fund reserves the right to suspend or postpone redemptions as permitted pursuant to Section 22(e) of the 1940 Act. Those circumstances are when 1) the Exchange is closed other than customary weekend or holiday closings; 2) the SEC determines that trading on the Exchange is restricted; 3) the SEC determines that an emergency exists which makes the disposal of securities owned by the fund or the fair determination of the value of the fund’s net assets not reasonably practicable; or 4) the SEC, by order or rule, permits the suspension of the right of redemption. Redemption payments by wire may also be delayed in the event of a non-routine closure of the Federal Reserve wire payment system. For additional rights reserved by the fund, please see “Other Rights We Reserve.”

Short-Term Trading. Since money market funds hold short-term instruments and are intended to provide liquidity to shareholders, the Advisor does not monitor or limit short-term or excessive trading activity in the fund and, accordingly, the Board of the fund has not approved any policies and procedures designed to limit this activity. However, the fund reserves the right to and may reject or cancel a purchase or exchange order into the fund for any

reason, including if, in the opinion of the Advisor, there appears to be a pattern of short-term or excessive trading by an investor in another DWS fund.

How the Fund Calculates Share Price

To calculate net asset value, or NAV, the fund uses the following equation:

(

Total

Assets

−

Total

Liabilities

)

Total Number of

Shares Outstanding

NAV

The price at which you buy and sell shares is based on the NAV per share next calculated after the order is received and accepted by the transfer agent.

In valuing securities, we typically use amortized cost to account for any premiums or discounts above or below the face value of any securities the fund buys, and round the per share NAV to the nearest whole cent.

The fund is open for business each day the Exchange is open. Normally, the fund calculates its share price once every business day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. The close of regular trading on the Exchange is typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, but sometimes earlier, as in the case of scheduled half-day trading, shortened trading hours due to emergency circumstances or unscheduled suspensions of trading. In the event of scheduled partial day trading, shortened trading hours due to emergency circumstances or unscheduled suspensions of trading on the Exchange, the calculation of share price shall be as of the close of trading on the Exchange. In such instances, the latest time for receipt of wire purchase transactions entitled to receive same day dividend treatment and for receipt of redemption orders for same day wire transfer of proceeds will be the earlier of: (a) 5:00 p.m. Eastern time or (b) the early closing time of the Exchange.

The fund may, but is not required to, accept certain types of purchase and redemption orders (not including exchanges) on days that the Exchange is closed, or beyond an Exchange early closing time (referred to as a ”Limited Trading Period”) if: (a) the Federal Reserve system is open, (b) the primary trading markets for the fund’s portfolio instruments are open and (c) the Advisor believes there will be adequate liquidity in the short-term markets. During any such Limited Trading Period, the fund will only accept purchase orders by wire with advance telephone notification and telephone redemption orders with proceeds to be sent by wire, ACH or check and will not accept orders by any other means. (Automated Telephone Line orders are not permitted.) If redemption proceeds are requested by ACH or check, the transmission of the ACH payment or the mailing of the check, as the case may be, will be delayed by at least one business day in comparison to normal trading periods. Orders submitted by other means will be processed on the next day that the Exchange is open. The calculation of share price will be as set forth in the prospectus for normal trading days. Orders must be submitted by the cut-off times for receipt of wire

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purchases entitled to that day's dividend and for receipt of telephone redemption orders for same day wire transfer, which will be the earlier of: (a) the times set forth in the prospectus for normal trading days or (b) such earlier times that the fund determines based on the criteria described above. If redemption proceeds are requested by ACH or check, orders must be received prior to the calculation of share price. Please call (877) 237-1131 or visit our Web site at dws.com/en-us/capabilities/liquidity-management (the Web site does not form part of this prospectus) for additional information about whether the fund will be open for business on a particular day. Information concerning the intention of the fund to be open for a Limited Trading Period will be available at least one business day prior to the applicable day that the Exchange is closed or is closing early in the case of scheduled closings and as soon as practical in the case of unscheduled closings.

Other Rights We Reserve

You should be aware that we may do any of the following:

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withdraw or suspend the offering of shares at any time

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withhold a portion of your distributions and redemption proceeds if we have been notified by the Internal Revenue Service that you are subject to backup withholding, if you fail to provide us with the correct taxpayer ID number and certain certifications, including certification that you are not subject to backup withholding, or if you are otherwise subject to withholding

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reject a new account application if you don’t provide any required or requested identifying information, or for any other reason

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refuse, cancel, limit or rescind any purchase order, without prior notice; freeze any account (meaning you will not be able to purchase fund shares in your account); suspend account services; and/or involuntarily redeem your account if we think that the account is being used for fraudulent or illegal purposes; one or more of these actions will be taken when, at our sole discretion, they are deemed to be in the fund’s best interests or when the fund is requested or compelled to do so by governmental authority or by applicable law

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close and liquidate your account if we are unable to verify your identity, or for other reasons; if we decide to close your account, your fund shares will be redeemed at the net asset value per share next calculated after we determine to close your account; you may recognize a gain or loss on the redemption of your fund shares and you may incur a tax liability

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change, add or withdraw various services, fees and account policies (for example, we may adjust the fund’s investment minimums at any time). All orders to purchase shares of the fund are subject to acceptance and are not binding until confirmed or accepted in writing

Understanding Distributions and Taxes

The fund intends to distribute to its shareholders virtually all of its net earnings. The fund can earn money in two ways: by receiving interest, dividends or other income from securities it holds and by selling securities for more than it paid for them. (The fund’s earnings are separate from any gains or losses stemming from your own purchase and sale of shares.) The fund may not always pay a dividend or distribution for a given period.

The fund's income dividends are declared daily and paid monthly to shareholders. The fund may take into account capital gains and losses (other than net long-term capital gains) in its daily dividend declarations. The fund may make additional distributions for tax purposes, if necessary.

Dividends declared and payable to shareholders of record in the last quarter of a given calendar year are treated for federal income tax purposes as if they were received by shareholders and paid by the fund on December 31 of that year, if such dividends are actually paid in January of the following year.

You can choose how to receive your dividends and distributions. You can have them all automatically reinvested in fund shares (at NAV), all deposited directly to your bank account or all sent to you by check, have one type reinvested and the other sent to you by check or have them invested in a different fund. Tell us your preference on your application. If you don’t indicate a preference, your dividends and distributions will all be reinvested. You will receive any unpaid dividends upon redeeming your entire account, unless you elect to receive unpaid dividends on the next monthly dividend payment date.

Dividends and distributions are treated the same for federal income tax purposes whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares.

Because the fund seeks to maintain a stable share price, you are unlikely to have capital gains or losses when you sell fund shares.

However, there can be no assurance that the fund will be able to maintain a stable share price. If the fund is not able to maintain a stable share price or your basis in your fund shares differs from the amount received for the shares when the shares are sold, the sale may result in a taxable gain or loss for federal income tax purposes. Unless you elect the simplified NAV method of accounting (discussed below), you will generally recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale and your basis in your shares that were sold. In general, any gain or loss realized upon a taxable disposition of shares will be treated for federal income tax purposes as long-term capital gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than twelve months. Otherwise, the gain or loss

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on the taxable disposition of shares of the fund will generally be treated for federal income tax purposes as short-term capital gain or loss. Corporations are taxed at the same rates on ordinary income and capital gains.

Capital losses may be subject to limitations on their use by a shareholder. For federal income tax purposes, an exchange is treated the same as a sale.

If you elect to adopt the simplified NAV method of accounting, rather than computing gain or loss on every taxable disposition of fund shares as described above, you would recognize gain or loss based on the aggregate value of your fund shares during the computation period. Your gain or loss would generally equal (i) the aggregate fair market value of your shares in the fund at the end of the computation period, (ii) minus the aggregate fair market value of your shares at the end of the prior computation period, (iii) minus your “net investment” in the fund for the computation period. Your net investment is the aggregate cost of fund shares purchased during the computation period (including reinvested dividends) minus the aggregate amount received in taxable redemptions of fund shares during the same period. The computation period may be your taxable year or a shorter period, as long as all computation periods contain days from only one taxable year and every day during the taxable year falls within one and only one computation period. Any capital gain or loss realized under the NAV method will be a short-term capital gain or loss. Please consult your own tax advisor to determine if the NAV method is appropriate for your individual circumstances.

For federal income tax purposes, distributions of net investment income are taxable as ordinary income. The fund does not expect to make distributions that are eligible for taxation as long-term capital gains or as qualified dividend income.

For most shareholders, a portion of the dividends from the fund is generally exempt from state and local income taxes. However, a portion of the fund’s dividends may be taxable as ordinary income if it came from investments in taxable securities, tax-exempt market discount bonds, or as the result of short or long-term capital gains.

Your fund will send you detailed federal income tax information early each year. These statements tell you the amount and the federal income tax classification of any dividends or distributions you received.

A 3.8% Medicare contribution tax is imposed on the “net investment income” of individuals, estates and trusts to the extent their income exceeds certain threshold amounts. For this purpose, net investment income generally includes dividends that are taxable for federal income tax purposes and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of fund shares.

If the fund's distributions exceed its current and accumulated earnings and profits, the excess will be treated for federal income tax purposes as a return of capital to the

extent of your basis in your shares and thereafter as a capital gain. A return of capital distribution reduces the basis of your shares. As a result, even though the fund seeks to maintain a stable share price, you may recognize a capital gain when you sell your shares if you have received a return of capital distribution.

Because each shareholder’s tax situation is unique, ask your tax professional about the tax consequences of your investment, including any state and local tax consequences.

The above discussion summarizes certain federal income tax consequences for shareholders who are US persons. If you are a non-US person, please consult your own tax advisor with respect to the US and foreign tax consequences to you of an investment in the fund. For more information, see “Taxes” in the Statement of Additional Information.

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Financial Highlights

The financial highlights are designed to help you understand recent financial performance. The figures in the first part of the table are for a single share. The total return figures represent the percentage that an investor in the fund would have earned (or lost), assuming all dividends and distributions were reinvested. This information has

been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the fund’s financial statements, is included in the fund’s annual report (see “Shareholder reports” on the back cover).

DWS Treasury Portfolio — Institutional Shares
	Years Ended March 31,
	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income	.000*	.000*	.018	.020	.010
Net realized gain (loss)	(.000)*	.000*	(.000)*	(.000)*	(.000)*
Total from investment operations	.000*	.000*	.018	.020	.010
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.000)*	(.000)*	(.018)	(.020)	(.010)
Net asset value, end of period	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00
Total Return (%)a	.03	.04	1.84	1.98	.96
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	525	1,400	1,384	1,232	1,830
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	.25	.27	.27	.25	.24
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	.05	.08	.15	.15	.18
Ratio of net investment income (%)	.02	.04	1.80	1.89	.96

a	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
*	Amount is less than $.0005.

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Appendix

Hypothetical Expense Summary

Using the annual fund operating expense ratios presented in the fee tables in the fund’s prospectus, the Hypothetical Expense Summary shows the estimated fees and expenses, in actual dollars, that would be charged on a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund held for the next 10 years and the impact of such fees and expenses on fund returns for each year and cumulatively, assuming a 5% return for each year. The historical rate of return for the fund may be higher or lower than 5% and, for money market funds, is typically less than 5%. The tables also assume that all dividends and distributions are reinvested. The annual fund expense ratios shown are net of any contractual fee waivers or expense reimbursements, if

any, for the period of the contractual commitment. Also, please note that if you are investing through a third party provider, that provider may have fees and expenses separate from those of the fund that are not reflected here. Mutual fund fees and expenses fluctuate over time and actual expenses may be higher or lower than those shown.

The Hypothetical Expense Summary should not be used or construed as an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy or a recommendation or endorsement of any specific mutual fund. You should carefully review the fund’s prospectus to consider the investment objective, risks, expenses and charges of the fund prior to investing.

DWS Treasury Portfolio — Institutional Shares

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	0.25%	4.75%	$10,475.00	$25.59
2	10.25%	0.25%	9.73%	$10,972.56	$26.81
3	15.76%	0.25%	14.94%	$11,493.76	$28.08
4	21.55%	0.25%	20.40%	$12,039.71	$29.42
5	27.63%	0.25%	26.12%	$12,611.60	$30.81
6	34.01%	0.25%	32.11%	$13,210.65	$32.28
7	40.71%	0.25%	38.38%	$13,838.16	$33.81
8	47.75%	0.25%	44.95%	$14,495.47	$35.42
9	55.13%	0.25%	51.84%	$15,184.00	$37.10
10	62.89%	0.25%	59.05%	$15,905.24	$38.86
Total					$318.18

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To Get More Information

Shareholder reports. Additional information about the fund’s investments is available in the fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected fund performance during its last fiscal year.

Statement of Additional Information (SAI). This tells you more about the fund’s features and policies, including additional risk information. The SAI is incorporated by reference into this document (meaning that it’s legally part of this prospectus).

For a free copy of any of these documents or to request other information about the fund, contact DWS at the telephone number or address listed below. SAIs and shareholder reports are also available through the DWS Web site at dws.com/en-us/capabilities/liquidity-management. These documents and other information about the fund are available from the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at sec.gov. If you like, you may obtain copies of this information, after paying a duplicating fee, by e-mailing a request to [email protected].

In order to reduce the amount of mail you receive and to help reduce expenses, we generally send a single copy of any shareholder report and prospectus to each household. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact your financial representative or call the telephone number provided.

Contact Information

DWS	PO Box 219151 Kansas City, MO 64121-9151 dws.com/en-us/capabilities/liquidity- management
	(800) 730-1313
Distributor	DWS Distributors, Inc. 222 South Riverside Plaza Chicago, IL 60606-5808 (800) 621-1148
SEC File Number	Investors Cash Trust DWS Treasury Portfolio 811-06103

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CLASS/TICKER	INSTITUTIONAL SHARES	ICTXX