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Illustration of the A2 German word “das Telefon”, which translates to “telephone”. Close-up of an enormous old-fashioned rotary telephone filling the frame, bright red with a round dial and a chunky handset, the bell mid-ring with little sound-lines shivering off it.
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dasTelefon, -e

telephone

/ˈteːləfoːn/

Examples — Telefon in a sentence

Mein Telefon klingelt, aber ich habe keine Zeit.

My phone is ringing, but I don't have time.

Kannst du bitte das Telefon beantworten?

Can you please answer the telephone?

How to remember it

Telefon sounds like 'tele-FOHN.' Imagine a vintage *tele*-phone with a giant FOAM receiver, very soft to talk into!

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Illustration of the A2 German word “trennbar”, which translates to “separable (prefix)”. Close-up of a single huge cartoon word-block filling the frame, cleanly split into a front chunk and a back chunk that pull apart with a bright spark leaping across the gap between them.
trennbar

/ˈtʁɛnbaːɐ̯/

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separable (prefix)

Comparative Forms

Positive trennbar
Komparativ trennbarer
Superlativ am trennbarsten

Examples

Das Verb 'anrufen' ist trennbar.

The verb 'anrufen' (to call) is separable.

Sind alle Präfixverben trennbar?

Are all prefix verbs separable?

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Illustration of the A2 German word “ungefähr”, which translates to “approximately”. A group of clouds shaped like various animals, with a ruler made of starlight measuring their distance to the horizon loosely.
ungefähr

/ˈʊnɡəfɛːɐ̯/

approximately

Examples

Das dauert ungefähr zehn Minuten.

That takes approximately ten minutes.

Es waren ungefähr fünfzig Leute da.

There were approximately fifty people there.

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Illustration of the A2 German word “unhöflich”, which translates to “impolite, rude”. A character holding a mirror to their own face and sticking their tongue out, while floating in a room of perfectly polite statues.
unhöflich

/ˈʊnˌhøːflɪç/

impolite, rude

Comparative Forms

Positive unhöflich
Komparativ unhöflicher
Superlativ am unhöflichsten

Examples

Das war sehr unhöflich von ihm.

That was very impolite of him.

Ich mag keine unhöflichen Leute.

I don't like impolite people.

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Illustration of the A2 German word “untrennbar”, which translates to “inseparable (prefix)”. Two souls stitched together by glowing threads of starlight, dancing in harmony while floating through a vibrant, colorful nebula.
untrennbar

/ʊnˈtʁɛnbaːɐ̯/

inseparable (prefix)

Comparative Forms

Positive untrennbar
Komparativ untrennbarer
Superlativ am untrennbarsten

Examples

Glück und Liebe sind untrennbar verbunden.

Happiness and love are inseparably linked.

Die beiden Freunde sind untrennbar.

The two friends are inseparable.

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Illustration of the A2 German word “das Video”, which translates to “video”. A glowing rectangular frame floating in the air, playing a memory like a shimmering aquarium filled with light and motion.
das Video

/ˈviːdeo/

video

Examples

Hast du das neue Video schon gesehen?

Have you seen the new video yet?

Wir machen ein Video von unserer Reise.

We are making a video of our trip.

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Illustration of the A2 German word “zurückrufen”, which translates to “to call back”. A friendly badger cradles an old rotary telephone to its ear as a glowing speech-bubble curls back toward it through the air like a returning paper boomerang.
zurückrufen

/t͡suˈʁʏkˌʁuːfn̩/

to call back

Principal parts

zurückrufen, rief zurück, hat zurückgerufen

ich rufe zurück
du rufst zurück
er/sie/es ruft zurück
wir rufen zurück
ihr ruft zurück
sie/Sie rufen zurück

Examples

Ich rufe dich später zurück.

I will call you back later.

Sie hat ihn sofort zurückgerufen.

She called him back immediately.

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trennbar — separable (prefix)

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