Postfach

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German

 Postfach on German Wikipedia

Etymology

From Post (“mail”) +‎ Fach (“drawer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔstˌfaχ/,
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Noun

Postfach n (strong, genitive Postfaches or Postfachs, plural Postfächer)

  1. post-office box

Declension

Declension of Postfach
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Postfach die Postfächer
genitive eines des Postfaches, Postfachs der Postfächer
dative einem dem Postfach, Postfache1 den Postfächern
accusative ein das Postfach die Postfächer

1Now rare, see notes.

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