Handelsflotte

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German

Etymology

Handel +‎ -s- +‎ Flotte

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhandl̩sˌflɔtə/

Noun

Handelsflotte f (genitive Handelsflotte, plural Handelsflotten)

  1. merchant navy
    • 1919, Karl Helfferich, Der Weltkrieg‎, volume I, Berlin: Ullstein & Co:
      Der Raumgehalt der Dampfschiffe unserer Handelsflotte war seit der Mitte der achtziger Jahre des vorigen Jahrhunderts auf mehr als das Sechsfache gestiegen.
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Declension

Declension of Handelsflotte
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Handelsflotte die Handelsflotten
genitive einer der Handelsflotte der Handelsflotten
dative einer der Handelsflotte den Handelsflotten
accusative eine die Handelsflotte die Handelsflotten

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