Polyglot Dictionary

Anrufbeantworter

/ˈanʁuːfbəˌʔantvɔʁtɐ/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Anrufbeantworter

Meaning

  1. answering machine

    Built from Anruf (call) + Beantworter (answerer).

    • Ich habe auf den Anrufbeantworter gesprochen.

      I left a message on the answering machine.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Anruf call
  • Beantworter answerer

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

répondeur

répondeur is the French word for the same thing — both mean "answering machine."

Practice

1 What does Anrufbeantworter mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich habe auf den ___ gesprochen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Anrufbeantworter?

nouncompound

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