What does Anrufbeantworter mean in English?

In English, der Anrufbeantworter means “answering machine”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Anrufbeantworter?

Nominative: der Anrufbeantworter. Accusative: den Anrufbeantworter. Dative: dem Anrufbeantworter.

Anrufbeantworter: der, die or das?

derAnrufbeantworter

Answering machine

maskulin · masculineTechnology and mediaLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Anrufbeantworter takes the article der (der Anrufbeantworter). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “answering machine” in English.

Anrufbeantworter: word facts

Article: der
Gender: maskulin (masculine)
English: Answering machine
Topic: Technology and media
Yupo level: Intermediate

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Why does Anrufbeantworter take der?

Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 290 of 353 such words take der (82%).

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Anrufbeantworter in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	der Anrufbeantworter
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	den Anrufbeantworter
Dativindirect object: to whom?	dem Anrufbeantworter