Fach

See also: fach and -fach

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German vach, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German fah, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *faką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fax/, [fäχ]

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• Hyphenation: Fach
• Rhymes: -ax

Noun

Fach n (genitive Fachs or Faches, plural Fächer)

1. compartment
2. drawer
3. subject

Derived terms

• Brieffach
• Bücherfach
• Handschuhfach
• Postfach
• Regalfach
• Schließfach
• Schulfach
• Studienfach

 

Related terms

• Fachausdruck
• Fachbegriff
• Fachhochschule
• Fachidiot
• Fachjargon
• Fachmarkt
• Fachmesse
• Fachsprache

 

Further reading

• “Fach” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Fach, from Middle High German vach, from Old High German fah, 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