Fach

Etymology
, short for. .

Noun

 * 1)  A method of classifying singers, primarily opera singers, according to the range, weight, and color of their voices.

Usage notes
As an unadapted borrowing, this word is usually both capitalized (in accordance with German orthographic rules) and italicized in English-language texts.

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) compartment
 * 2) drawer
 * 3) subject

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

The contemporary form is clearly of German origin; there may have been an inherited, but the older dictionaries do not give it. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) compartment
 * 2) pigeonhole, shelf
 * 3) subject, field, discipline

Noun

 * 1) subject, course of study