telefonieren

A1

telephone, call

English meaning
telephone, call
Vocabulary package
Telephone & Calls

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telefonieren in a sentence

Darf ich mal telefonieren?

May I make a phone call?

Conjugation of telefonieren

ichtelefoniere
dutelefonierst
er/sie/estelefoniert
wirtelefonieren
ihrtelefoniert
sie/Sietelefonieren
Simple past (er/sie/es)
telefonierte
Perfect
hat telefoniert

Word family

telefonieren is built from das Telefon (telephone). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.

Where telefonieren comes from

Ableitung im 19. Jahrhundert zu Telefon mit dem Derivatem (Ableitungsmorphem) -ier (und zusätzlicher Flexionsendung)

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Questions about telefonieren

How do you conjugate telefonieren?

Present tense: telefoniere, telefonierst, telefoniert, telefonieren, telefoniert, telefonieren. Simple past: telefonierte. Perfect: hat telefoniert.

What does telefonieren mean in English?

telefonieren means "telephone, call". For example: "Darf ich mal telefonieren?" — "May I make a phone call?"

What level is telefonieren in German?

telefonieren is a A1 word — a1 — beginner. It belongs to the telephone & calls vocabulary.

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