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Translate telephone from English to German

Summary

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telephone:
- Telefon; Fernsprecher
- anrufen; telefonieren
Wiktionary:
- telephone → Telefon, Telephon, Fernsprecher
- telephone → telefonieren, anrufen
- telephone → fernmündlich
- telephone → anläuten, Fernsprecher, Telephon, Telefon, telefonieren, telephonieren, anrufen

English

Detailed Translations for telephone from English to German

telephone:

telephone [the ~] nomen

the telephone (phone; handset; receiver)
Telefon; der Fernsprecher
- Telefon [das ~] nomen
- Fernsprecher [der ~] nomen
the telephone
Telefon
- Telefon [das ~] nomen

to telephone verb (telephones, telephoned, telephoning)

to telephone (sound; call; make a call; phone; ring; call up; phone someone; give a ring; ring up)
anrufen; telefonieren
- anrufen verb (rufe an, rufst an, ruft an, rief an, rieft an, angerufen)
- telefonieren verb (telefoniere, telefonierst, telefoniert, telefonierte, telefoniertet, telefoniert)

Conjugations for telephone:

present

telephone
telephone
telephones
telephone
telephone
telephone

simple past

telephoned
telephoned
telephoned
telephoned
telephoned
telephoned

present perfect

have telephoned
have telephoned
has telephoned
have telephoned
have telephoned
have telephoned

past continuous

was telephoning
were telephoning
was telephoning
were telephoning
were telephoning
were telephoning

future

shall telephone
will telephone
will telephone
shall telephone
will telephone
will telephone

continuous present

am telephoning
are telephoning
is telephoning
are telephoning
are telephoning
are telephoning

subjunctive

be telephoned
be telephoned
be telephoned
be telephoned
be telephoned
be telephoned

diverse

telephone!
let's telephone!
telephoned
telephoning

1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for telephone:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Fernsprecher	handset; phone; receiver; telephone
Telefon	handset; phone; receiver; telephone	Phone; phone; smart phone; smartphone
-	phone; telephone set; telephony
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
anrufen	call; call up; give a ring; make a call; phone; phone someone; ring; ring up; sound; telephone	appeal to; call; call in; call upon; enlist; hail; invoke; ring; shout; speak
telefonieren	call; call up; give a ring; make a call; phone; phone someone; ring; ring up; sound; telephone	converse; talk; to be busy
-	call; call up; phone; ring
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	telephone apparatus

Related Words for "telephone":

telephoning, telephones

Synonyms for "telephone":

phone; telephone set; electronic equipment
telephony; telecommunication; telecom
call; call up; phone; ring; telecommunicate

Related Definitions for "telephone":

electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds¹
- I talked to him on the telephone¹
transmitting speech at a distance¹
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone¹

Wiktionary Translations for telephone:

telephone

noun

an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people
- telephone → Telefon; Telephon; Fernsprecher

verb

to call someone
- telephone → telefonieren; anrufen

telephone

adjective

Deutschland geh. und schriftsprachlich: mithilfe des Telefons, über das Telefon (erfolgend)
- fernmündlich → telephonically; telephone; over; the; by; telephonic

(transitiv) (intransitiv) Deutschland landschaftlich (vor allem süddeutsch); Österreich landschaftlich (vor allem westösterreichisch: Vorarlberg), sonst mundartnah oder veraltend; Schweiz; Südtirol mundartnah; Südafrika (KwaZulu-Natal): mit jemandem te
- anläuten → telephone; ring up; ring; phone; give a ring; give a call; give a bell; call up; call

noun

Gerät für die Übermittlung von Sprache über große Entfernungen
- Telefon → telephone; phone
(heute) handliches (früher stehendes oder beispielsweise an einer Wand befestigtes) [Handgerät|Standgerät|Wandgerät]Gerät für die Übermittlung von Sprache über mehr oder weniger große Entfernungen
- Fernsprecher → telephone

verb

(intransitiv) mithilfe eines Telefons mit jemandem sprechen
- telefonieren → telephone

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• telephone	→ Fernsprecher; Telephon; Telefon	↔ telefoon — een toestel waarmee men geluid over kan brengen door middel van galvanische stroom
• telephone	→ telefonieren	↔ telefoneren — een telefoon gebruiken
• telephone	→ Telefon	↔ téléphone — Apareil utilisé pour mener une conversation à distance
• telephone	→ telephonieren; anrufen	↔ téléphoner — Communiquer par téléphone

Related Translations for telephone

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