German word

Fax

Pronunciation

IPA/faks/

Meaning

  • neuter nounfax

Example

Ich habe gestern ein Fax bekommen.

I got a fax yesterday.

Illustration for Fax (fax)

More examples

Bitte senden Sie das unterschriebene Formular per Fax.

Please send the signed form by fax.

Core concept

A paper page becomes electronic signals, travels through a telephone line, and reappears as a page elsewhere.

Common phrases

  • per Fax senden

    send by fax

  • ein Fax empfangen

    receive a fax

  • eine Faxnummer angeben

    provide a fax number

Similar words

Telefax: A method of sending paper documents as signals through a telephone line.
Faxgerät: A dedicated machine for sending and receiving faxes.
E-Mail: A way to send electronic documents over the internet.
Brief: A paper letter sent to someone in an envelope through the postal service.

Definition in German

Die per Telefonleitung übermittelte Kopie eines Schriftstücks oder das Gerät, das Seiten in Signale umwandelt und sendet.

Word origin

German Fax is a shortening of English fax, itself shortened from facsimile, from Latin fac simile, meaning 'make alike'.

Usage tips

  • Fax is neuter in German, so the form is das Fax and the plural is die Faxe.

Related words

  • Faxgerätfax machinenoun
  • Faxnummerfax numbernoun
  • faxenfaxverb

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