Declension of German noun Postkasten with plural and article

The declension of the noun Postkasten (mailbox, postbox) is in singular genitive Postkastens and in the plural nominative Postkästen/Postkasten. The noun Postkasten is declined with the declension endings s/ä-/-. In the plural is an umlaut. The voice of Postkasten is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Postkasten but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments

C2 · noun · masculine · irregular · regular⁴ · -s,¨- · -s, -

der Postkasten

Postkastens · Postkästen/Postkasten

Endings s/ä-/-   Shortening of the genitive ending to 's'   Dative plural without additional 'n'   Plural with umlaut  

⁴ Usage seldom

English mailbox, postbox, letterbox, drop box, letter box, mail slot, pillar box

öffentlicher Behälter zum Einwurf von Postsendungen, die versendet werden sollen; privater, bei Gebäuden angebrachter, kleinerer Behälter zum Empfangen von Postsendungen; Briefkasten, Postbriefkasten, Hausbriefkasten

» Der Postbote leert den Postkasten . English The postie is emptying the postbox.

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Declension of Postkasten in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derPostkasten
Gen. desPostkastens
Dat. demPostkasten
Acc. denPostkasten

Plural

Nom. diePostkästen/Postkasten
Gen. derPostkästen/Postkasten
Dat. denPostkästen/Postkasten
Acc. diePostkästen/Postkasten

⁴ Usage seldom


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Example sentences for Postkasten


  • Der Postbote leert den Postkasten . 
    English The postie is emptying the postbox.
  • Magst du für mich den Brief in den Postkasten hineinwerfen? 
    English Can you throw the letter into the mailbox for me?
  • Der Brief müsse noch heute weg, und gleich werde der Postkasten geleert. 
    English The letter must be sent today, and the mailbox will be emptied right away.
  • Auf dem Abendspaziergang hielten sie am Postkasten an, um noch ein paar Briefe einzuwerfen. 
    English During the evening walk, they stopped at the mailbox to drop off a few more letters.
  • Die Post mit den Versicherungsunterlagen hat nicht in den Postkasten gepasst, deshalb musste der Postbote klingeln. 
    English The mail with the insurance documents did not fit in the mailbox, so the postman had to ring the bell.

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Translation of German Postkasten


German Postkasten
English mailbox, postbox, letterbox, drop box, letter box, mail slot, pillar box
Russian почто́вый я́щик, почтовый ящик
Spanish buzón
French boîte aux lettres, boite aux lettres
Turkish posta kutusu, post kutusu
Portuguese caixa de correio, caixa postal
Italian cassetta postale, buca da lettere, posta
Romanian cutie poștală
Hungarian levélszekrény
Polish skrzynka pocztowa, skrzynka na listy
Greek κουτί αλληλογραφίας, ταχυδρομική θυρίδα, ταχυδρομικό κουτί
Dutch brievenbus
Czech poštovní schránka
Swedish brevlåda, postlåda
Danish postkasse, postkasse til indlevering
Japanese ポスト, 郵便ポスト, 郵便受け
Catalan buzó, bústia, caixa de correus
Finnish postilaatikko
Norwegian postkasse, postkasse for sending
Basque postontzi, posta-kutxa, postontzia
Serbian poštansko sanduče, poštarica
Macedonian поштенски сандук
Slovenian poštni nabiralnik
Slowakisch poštová schránka
Bosnian poštanski sandučić, poštansko sanduče
Croatian poštanski kutija, poštanski sandučić
Ukrainian поштовий ящик
Bulgarian пощенска кутия
Belorussian паштовая скрыня
Hebrewתיבת דואר
Arabicصندوق البريد، صندوق بريد
Persianصندوق پستی
Urduپوسٹ باکس، خط ڈالنے کا ڈبہ، خطوں کا ڈبہ

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Meanings and synonyms of Postkasten

  • öffentlicher Behälter zum Einwurf von Postsendungen, die versendet werden sollen, privater, bei Gebäuden angebrachter, kleinerer Behälter zum Empfangen von Postsendungen, Briefkasten, Postbriefkasten, Hausbriefkasten
  • öffentlicher Behälter zum Einwurf von Postsendungen, die versendet werden sollen, privater, bei Gebäuden angebrachter, kleinerer Behälter zum Empfangen von Postsendungen, Briefkasten, Postbriefkasten, Hausbriefkasten

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Declension forms of Postkasten

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Postkasten in all cases


The declension of Postkasten as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Postkasten is crucial.

Declension Postkasten

Singular Plural
Nom. der Postkasten die Postkästen/Postkasten
Gen. des Postkastens der Postkästen/Postkasten
Dat. dem Postkasten den Postkästen/Postkasten
Acc. den Postkasten die Postkästen/Postkasten

Declension Postkasten

  • Singular: der Postkasten, des Postkastens, dem Postkasten, den Postkasten
  • Plural: die Postkästen/Postkasten, der Postkästen/Postkasten, den Postkästen/Postkasten, die Postkästen/Postkasten

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⁴ usage seldom

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