# das Portefeuille

das Portefeuille is a German noun meaning “wallet”. Forms: des Portefeuilles, die Portefeuilles.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Portefeuilles
- Plural: die Portefeuilles

## In other languages

- Русский: портфель
- Українська: портфель

## Meanings

1. _historical · archaic_ wallet, a folder to store papers in public or commercial administration
2. the administrative responsibilities assigned to a cabinet minister
   - So unverschämt, so dreist ist nicht gleich wieder einer. Sich hier zu zeigen! Ehe er das Ministerium bekam, da war er hier völlig am Platze. Aber das Portefeuille ändert alles. Als Minister bekommt man ganz andre Interessen. So viel Takt müßte er eigentlich haben. — One must own that he must possess an unusual self-assurance, not to say impudence, to put in an appearance here. There were signs of it before he became a minister; but a portfolio changes everything and swamps all a man's interests; he must have felt its effect.
3. _Austria · Switzerland · archaic_ collection of invested assets
4. portfolio
   - Es wäre gut, wenn Sie zu dem Termin mit Professor Rauschenbach ihr Portefeuille mitbringen.

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