Briefkastenfirma

German

Etymology

From Briefkasten (“mailbox”) +‎ Firma (“company”), from the notion that it is merely a name and an address.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁiːfkastənˌfɪʁma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Brief‧kas‧ten‧fir‧ma

Noun

Briefkastenfirma f (genitive Briefkastenfirma, plural Briefkastenfirmen)

  1. shell company, front company

Declension

Declension of Briefkastenfirma [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Briefkastenfirma die Briefkastenfirmen
genitive einer der Briefkastenfirma der Briefkastenfirmen
dative einer der Briefkastenfirma den Briefkastenfirmen
accusative eine die Briefkastenfirma die Briefkastenfirmen

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.