Empfänger
German, noun/ɛmˈpfɛŋɐ/
Empfänger is spelled E-M-P-F-Ä-N-G-E-R (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,473rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empfänger is a German masculine noun meaning “receiver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die etwas empfängt, bekommt, erhält, entgegennimmt; jemand, der etwas in Empfang nimmt”.
What does Empfänger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereceiver
- 2
masculinereceiver
- 3
masculinerecipient (of blood or organ donation)
Organempfänger.
- 4
masculineaddressee
- 5
masculinereceptor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die etwas empfängt, bekommt, erhält, entgegennimmt; jemand, der etwas in Empfang nimmt 2. Gerät, das Signale empfängt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Empfänger
- Empfängers genitive
- Empfängerin feminine
- Empfängern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Empfänger?
- /ɛmˈpfɛŋɐ/
- [ɛmˈp͡fɛŋɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Empfänger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Empfänger in German?
Empfänger appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).