Wartebank

German

Etymology

warten (“to wait”) +‎ Bank (“bench”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaʁtəˌbaŋk/
  • Hyphenation: War‧te‧bank

Noun

Wartebank f (genitive Wartebank, plural Wartebänke)

  1. waiting bench
  2. (figurative) back burner, waiting list

Declension

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

Further reading

  • “Wartebank” in Duden online
  • “Wartebank” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Wartebank” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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