Masculine

Papierkorb

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) wastepaper basket, wastebasket (small indoors container for dry rubbish, i.e. chiefly old newspapers or writing paper)
  2. (masculine, strong) trash, recycle bin (on a desktop)

Concepts

waste basket

Recycle Bin

waste paper basket

Translations

Frequency

24k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/paˈpiːɐ̯ˌkɔʁp/
Etymology

From Papier (“paper”) + Korb (“basket”).

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