Nomen

die Archivquellen

Translation

archival sources, archive sources

Historiker nutzen oft Archivquellen für ihre Forschung.

Historians often use archival sources for their research.

Diese Archivquellen sind öffentlich zugänglich.

These archival sources are publicly accessible.

archival sources ((for sth.)) archival sources for sth. These are important archival sources for the city's history.

archival sources ((from...)) archival sources from... He found the information in archival sources from the 18th century.

Primärquellen (primary sources), Dokumente (documents)

A compound word from 'Archiv' (archive) and 'Quellen' (sources, plural of 'Quelle').

Break it down: 'Archiv' + 'Quellen' = 'archive sources'. Picture a historian digging through old documents in an archive.