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The article for

Mailbox

die Mailbox

Mailbox is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Mailboxen
English
mailbox, inbox
Level
A2
Topic
IT

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Why is it die Mailbox?

Mailbox is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Box. So it’s die Mailbox.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Storage space for incoming e-mails or phone calls

[1] Speicherplatz für eingehende E-Mails oder Telefonate

Examples

[1] "The next morning I found your answer in my mailbox, typed by the journalist" [2]

[1] „Am nächsten Morgen fand ich ihre Antwort in meiner Mailbox, getippt von der Journalistin.“[2]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Mailbox die Mailboxen
Genitiv der Mailbox der Mailboxen
Dativ der Mailbox den Mailboxen
Akkusativ die Mailbox die Mailboxen

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