noun
mail, post office
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Post: means 'mail' (postal items) and 'post office' (the building/service). Feminine noun: die Post; typically no plural for mail or the institution. Use expressions like 'zur Post gehen' (to go to the post office). Declension: singular die Post, genitive der Post.
Examples
Die Post bringt heute ein Paket.
The mail is delivering a package today.
Ich gehe zur Post, um ein Paket abzuholen.
I'm going to the post office to pick up a parcel.
Ich muss noch zur Post, um einen Brief aufzugeben.
I still have to go to the post office to mail a letter.
Details
Mnemonics
visualize letters in a blue mailbox labeled 'Post'
post ~ post (English)
die -> imagine a feminine mailbox ribbon for the Post (feminine)
Notes
Post can mean the mail (system) or the physical post office. Context shows which meaning is intended. | Singular-only noun; plural forms are not applicable.