Wartenummer

German

Etymology

warten (“to wait”) +‎ Nummer (“number”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaʁtəˌnʊmɐ/
  • Hyphenation: War‧te‧num‧mer

Noun

Wartenummer f (genitive Wartenummer, plural Wartenummern)

  1. waiting number (a number assigned to a person who then waits for that number to be called after all previous numbers have been served in order of assignment)
  2. (by extension) a ticket displaying a waiting number
    Synonym: Wartemarke
    eine Wartenummer ziehen ― to take a number

Declension

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

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