Telefonhörer
German, noun[teləˈfoːnˌhøːʁɐ]
Telefonhörer is spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-H-Ö-R-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Telefonhörer is a German masculine noun meaning “telephone handset, telephone receiver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Teil des Telefons mit Hörmuschel und Sprechmuschel”.
What does Telefonhörer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetelephone handset, telephone receiver
den Telefonhörer abheben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Teil des Telefons mit Hörmuschel und Sprechmuschel
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 Telefonhörer
- Telefonhörers genitive
- Telefonhörern dative definite plural
- Telephonhörer alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Telefonhörer?
- [teləˈfoːnˌhøːʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Telefonhörer in German?
Telefonhörer appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).