Telefon

n; -s, -e telephone, phone; am Telefon (telefoniert) on the phone; (auf einen Anruf wartend) (waiting) by (oder at) the (tele-) phone; ans Telefon gehen (ins Nebenzimmer etc.: go to) answer the phone; gehst du mal ans Telefon? can you take that (call)?, can you answer (oder get umg.) the phone?; ins Telefon sprechen talk on the (tele)phone; ans Telefon rufen call s.o. to the (tele)phone; du wirst am Telefon gewünscht you’re wanted on the (tele)phone; Telefon haben have a phone, be on the phone; sich (Dat) Telefon legen lassen get the phone in; am Telefon hängen umg. yammer on the telephone

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das Telefon

telephone; phone

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Te|le|fon [tele'foːn, 'teːlefoːn]

nt -s, -e

(tele)phone

am Telefon (verlangt werden) — (to be wanted) on the phone

Telefon haben — to be on the phone

jdn ans Telefon rufen — to get sb (to come) to the phone

ans Telefon gehen — to answer the phone

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das

1) (a telephone: We were talking on the phone.) phone

2) ((often abbreviated to phone) an instrument for speaking to someone from a distance, using either an electric current which passes along a wire or radio waves: He spoke to me by telephone / on the telephone; (also adjective) a telephone number/operator.) telephone

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Te·le·fon

<-s, -e>

[ˈte:lefo:n, teleˈfo:n]

nt telephone, phone fam

\Telefon haben to be on the [tele]phone

am \Telefon verlangt werden to be wanted on the phone

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das; Telefons, Telefone telephone; phone (coll.)

ans Telefon gehen — answer the [tele]phone

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Telefon n; -s, -e telephone, phone;

am Telefon (telefoniert) on the phone; (auf einen Anruf wartend) (waiting) by (oder at) the (tele-)phone;

ans Telefon gehen (ins Nebenzimmer etc: go to) answer the phone;

gehst du mal ans Telefon? can you take that (call)?, can you answer (oder get umg) the phone?;

ins Telefon sprechen talk on the (tele)phone;

ans Telefon rufen call sb to the (tele)phone;

du wirst am Telefon gewünscht you’re wanted on the (tele)phone;

Telefon haben have a phone, be on the phone;

sich (dat)

Telefon legen get the phone in;

am Telefon hängen umg yammer on the telephone

PTT abk schweiz, hist (Post, Telefon, Telegraf) Swiss postal, telephone and telegraphic services

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das; Telefons, Telefone telephone; phone (coll.)

ans Telefon gehen — answer the [tele]phone

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-e n.

phone n.

telephone n.