Mappe

See also: mappe and mappé

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmapə/

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apə

Noun

Mappe f (genitive Mappe, plural Mappen, diminutive Mäppchen n)

1. portfolio (case; collection)
2. briefcase
3. folder
4. looseleaf binder

Declension

Declension of Mappe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mappe	die	Mappen
genitive	einer	der	Mappe	der	Mappen
dative	einer	der	Mappe	den	Mappen
accusative	eine	die	Mappe	die	Mappen

Synonyms

• (briefcase): Aktentasche, Aktenkoffer
• (folder): Ordner
• (plastic folder, looseleaf binder): Schnellhefter

Derived terms

• Abheftmappe
• Aktenmappe
• Dokumentenmappe
• Federmappe
• Flügelmappe
• Klemmmappe
• Ringmappe
• Sammelmappe
• Schulmappe
• Stellmappe
• Unterschriftenmappe
• Zeichenmappe

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: map

Further reading

• “Mappe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mappe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Mappe” in Duden online
• “Mappe” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Mappe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de