Depot

See also: depot, dépot, and dépôt

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French dépôt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [deˈpoː]
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Rhymes: -oː

Noun

Depot n (strong, genitive Depots, plural Depots)

depot, repository
(banking) deposit, depository
(business) garage or shelter for vehicles like omnibusses or trams or rent out machines
Synonym: Unterstand
(Switzerland) deposit for dishes, bottles and the like (called in the FRG Pfand, in Austria Einsatz)
(oinology) sediment of wine

Declension

Declension of Depot [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Depot	die	Depots
genitive	eines	des	Depots	der	Depots
dative	einem	dem	Depot	den	Depots
accusative	ein	das	Depot	die	Depots

Further reading

“Depot” in Duden online
“Depot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Depot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Depot (Wein) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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