Vokabahn

Spedition

Vokabahn
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Noun

die Spedition

forwarding, carriage, transport, transportation (of goods)

C2 rank #14,223 plural Speditionen

Meanings

Noun
  1. forwarding, carriage, transport, transportation (of goods)
  2. forwarding agency, forwarder, haulage firm, hauler, haulier, shipping agency, carrier
  3. moving company, removing agency, removal firm, furniture moving, furniture removal

Example sentence

Die Spedition holt die Möbel am Montag ab.

The haulage firm is collecting the furniture on Monday.

Word forms

singular die Spedition
plural die Speditionen

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedie Spedition
Accusativedie Spedition
Dativeder Spedition
Genitiveder Spedition

Plural

Nominativedie Speditionen
Accusativedie Speditionen
Dativeden Speditionen
Genitiveder Speditionen

Usage

  • die Spedition von Waren — The forwarding or transportation of goods.
  • eine Spedition beauftragen — Hire a forwarding firm; the company sense.
Extra sentence

Die Spedition der Maschinenteile erforderte besondere Verpackungen.

Transporting the machine parts required special packaging.