"Postfach" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔstˌfaχ/, [ˈpʰɔstˌfaχ] Audio: De-Postfach.ogg
Etymology: From Post (“mail”) + Fach (“drawer”). Etymology templates: {{compound|de|Post|Fach|gloss1=mail|gloss2=drawer}} Post (“mail”) + Fach (“drawer”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s,^er}} Postfach n (strong, genitive Postfaches or Postfachs, plural Postfächer) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s,^er}} Forms: Postfaches [genitive], Postfachs [genitive], Postfächer [plural], strong [table-tags], Postfach [nominative, singular], Postfächer [definite, nominative, plural], Postfaches [genitive, singular], Postfachs [genitive, singular], Postfächer [definite, genitive, plural], Postfach [dative, singular], Postfache [dative, singular], Postfächern [dative, definite, plural], Postfach [accusative, singular], Postfächer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. post-office box Wikipedia link: de:Postfach Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Postfach-de-noun-IzN4nYN9 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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