Postulat

See also: postulat, postulát, and postulât

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin postulātum.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Postulat n (strong, genitive Postulates or Postulats, plural Postulate)

1. postulate

   Synonyms: Axiom, Voraussetzung

   Ausgehend von dem Postulat, dass... ― based on the premise that...

Declension

Declension of Postulat [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Postulat	die	Postulate
genitive	eines	des	Postulates, Postulats	der	Postulate
dative	einem	dem	Postulat, Postulate1	den	Postulaten
accusative	ein	das	Postulat	die	Postulate

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• postulieren

Further reading

• “Postulat” in Duden online