postkontor

Danish

Etymology

post +‎ kontor

Noun

postkontor

1. post office

Declension

Declension of postkontor

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	postkontor	postkontoret	postkontorer	postkontorerne
genitive	postkontors	postkontorets	postkontorers	postkontorernes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From post +‎ kontor.

Noun

postkontor n (definite singular postkontoret, indefinite plural postkontor or postkontorer, definite plural postkontora or postkontorene)

1. a post office

References

• “postkontor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From post +‎ kontor.

Noun

postkontor n (definite singular postkontoret, indefinite plural postkontor, definite plural postkontora)

1. a post office

References

• “postkontor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

post (“post”) +‎ kontor (“office”)

Noun

postkontor n

1. a post office (building) (nowadays chiefly foreign or historical)

Usage notes

As of mid-2000's all Swedish post offices are, in some way or another, defunct. Many of the buildings today houses letter carrier offices and business service centers. Services aimed toward the general public has instead been handed over to retail postal outlets, commonly represented by grocery stores and other retailers.

Declension

Declension of postkontor

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	postkontor	postkontors
	definite	postkontoret	postkontorets
plural	indefinite	postkontor	postkontors
	definite	postkontoren	postkontorens

Meronyms

• brevbärarkontor (“letter carrier office”)
• företagscenter (“business service center”)

See also

• brevterminal (“letter sorting facility”)
• postterminal (“mail sorting facility”)
• postombud (“postal representative”)
  • frimärksombud (“stamp seller”)
  • paketombud (“parcel outlet”)

Further reading

• postkontor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)