Postamt in German

IPA: /ˈpɔstʔamt/ Audio: De-Postamt.ogg

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Etymology: Post + Amt. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Post|Amt}}, {{af|de|Post|Amt}} Post + Amt Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s,^er}} Postamt n (strong, genitive Postamtes or Postamts, plural Postämter) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s,^er}} Forms: Postamtes [genitive], Postamts [genitive], Postämter [plural], strong [table-tags], Postamt [nominative, singular], Postämter [definite, nominative, plural], Postamtes [genitive, singular], Postamts [genitive, singular], Postämter [definite, genitive, plural], Postamt [dative, singular], Postamte [dative, singular], Postämtern [dative, definite, plural], Postamt [accusative, singular], Postämter [accusative, definite, plural]

Inflected forms

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"Postamt" meaning in German

Noun

Inflected forms