Buchhalternase

German

Etymology

Buchhalter (“accountant”) +‎ Nase (“nose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːxhaltɐˌnaːzə/

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• Hyphenation: Buch‧hal‧ter‧na‧se

Noun

Buchhalternase f (genitive Buchhalternase, plural Buchhalternasen)

1. (dated, finance) an oblique stroke in a balance book that is meant to keep the books from being altered after the fact

   Synonyms: Buchhalterknie, Vakatstrich

Declension

Declension of Buchhalternase [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Buchhalternase	die	Buchhalternasen
genitive	einer	der	Buchhalternase	der	Buchhalternasen
dative	einer	der	Buchhalternase	den	Buchhalternasen
accusative	eine	die	Buchhalternase	die	Buchhalternasen

Further reading

• Buchhalternase on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de