A2 · ElementaryUnit 8: Connections

📱German Phone & Messages

Call, text, email, internet, app

25 words · 🇩🇪 German

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Vocabulary — 25 words

anrufen

to call (phone)

verb
die Nachrichtf

message

noun
das Handyn

mobile phone

noun
schicken

to send

verb
empfangen

to receive

verb
die Mailboxf

voicemail

noun
auflegen

to hang up (phone)

verb
der Anrufm

phone call

noun
zurückrufen

to call back

verb
die SMSf

text message

noun
besetzt

busy / engaged (phone line)

adj
die Sprachnachrichtf

voice note / voice message

noun
erreichen

to reach / to contact

verb
dran sein

to be on the line / to be one's turn

phrase
Bleib dran

hold on / stay on the line

phrase
verbinden

to connect / to put through

verb
die Verbindungf

connection / line

noun
ausrichten

to pass on (a message)

verb
der Anrufbeantworterm

answering machine

noun
hinterlassen

to leave (a message)

verb
die Rufnummerf

phone number

noun
klingeln

to ring

verb
der Empfangm

reception (signal)

noun
tippen

to type / to tap

verb
abheben

to pick up (phone)

verb
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