A2 · 40 Wörter
Telephone and internet
Answering a German phone, writing a German email, and the borrowed words that took German endings.
Germans answer the telephone with their surname, not with "hello". Müller. — that is the whole greeting, and a caller who says nothing back is being rude. Business calls add the company: Schmidt, Firma Berger, guten Tag. The vocabulary here is full of English words that have been given German grammar. Das Handy is a mobile phone and is not English at all; downloaden conjugates as ich downloade, downgeloadet, which nobody enjoys, so herunterladen is the safer choice. Die App, der Link and die Mail took genders and plurals like any other noun.
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Verb (12)
auflegento hang upVerbB1
Separable. Also means to put a record on.
schickento sendVerbA2
"senden" is the more formal word.
klickento clickVerbA2
Takes "auf" plus the accusative.
speichernto saveVerbA2
löschento deleteVerbA2
Also means to extinguish a fire.
herunterladento downloadVerbB1
Separable. The alternative "downloaden" conjugates awkwardly.
hochladento uploadVerbB1
Separable, and built on the same pattern.
sich abmeldento log out, to deregisterVerbB1
Separable and reflexive — also the word for deregistering an address with the authorities.
funktionierento work, to functionVerbA2
No ge- in the participle, because of -ieren.
abstürzento crashVerbB1
Separable, with "sein". Also used of an aircraft.
druckento printVerbA2
Not to be confused with "drücken", to press.
zurückrufento call backVerbA2
Separable.
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