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Bank

bank

noun BANK Less Common
People & Society Money

Origin: from Italian 'banca' (money-changer's table)

Also means

bench

Usage Note

Bank has two plurals splitting its senses: Banken are financial banks, Bänke are benches. Both are feminine. The idiom etwas auf die lange Bank schieben means 'to put something off indefinitely'.

Examples

"Ich gehe zur Bank."

Natural Translation

I'm going to the bank.

Literal Translation

I go to-the bank.

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