postkontor

Danish

Etymology

post + kontor

Noun

postkontor

  1. post office

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From post + kontor.

Noun

postkontor n (definite singular postkontoret, indefinite plural postkontor or postkontorer, definite plural postkontora or postkontorene)

  1. a post office

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From post + kontor.

Noun

postkontor n (definite singular postkontoret, indefinite plural postkontor, definite plural postkontora)

  1. a post office

References

Swedish

Etymology

post (post) + kontor (office)

Noun

postkontor n

  1. a post office (building) (nowadays chiefly foreign or historical)

Usage notes

As of mid-2000's all Swedish post offices are, in some way or another, defunct. Many of the buildings today houses letter carrier offices and business service centers. Services aimed toward the general public has instead been handed over to retail postal outlets, commonly represented by grocery stores and other retailers.

Declension

Declension of postkontor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative postkontor postkontoret postkontor postkontoren
Genitive postkontors postkontorets postkontors postkontorens

Meronyms

See also

  • brevterminal (letter sorting facility)
  • postterminal (mail sorting facility)
  • postombud (postal representative)
    • frimärksombud (stamp seller)
    • paketombud (parcel outlet)

Further reading

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