Fach

See also: fach, and -fach

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vach, from Old High German fah, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fax/, [fäχ]

• audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Fach
• Rhymes: -ax

Noun

Fach n (strong, genitive Faches or Fachs, plural Fächer)

1. compartment
2. drawer
3. subject

Declension

Declension of Fach [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fach	die	Fächer
genitive	eines	des	Faches, Fachs	der	Fächer
dative	einem	dem	Fach, Fache1	den	Fächern
accusative	ein	das	Fach	die	Fächer

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Brieffach
• Bücherfach
• Fachausdruck
• Fachbegriff
• Fachhochschule
• Fachidiot
• Fachinformatiker
• Fachjargon
• Fachmarkt
• Fachmesse
• Fachsprache
• Handschuhfach
• Lieblingsfach
• Postfach
• Regalfach
• Schließfach
• Schulfach
• Stimmfach
• Studienfach

 

Descendants

• → Luxembourgish: Fach
• → Polish: fach

Further reading

• “Fach” in Duden online
• “Fach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Fach, from Middle High German vach, from Old High German fah, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką.

The contemporary form is clearly of German origin; there may have been an inherited *Faach, but the older dictionaries do not give it. Compare Gefaach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faχ/, [fɑχ]
• Rhymes: -ɑχ

Noun

Fach n (plural Fächer)

1. compartment
2. pigeonhole, shelf
3. subject, field, discipline

Derived terms

• Fachmann
• Fachsprooch
• Fachwëssen

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Fach n (plural Fecha)

1. subject, course of study