Noun
der Fotoapparat
Pronunciation: /ˈfoːtoʔapaˌʁaːt/
camera (device for making still pictures)
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plural Fotoapparate
Meanings
Noun
- camera (device for making still pictures)
Example sentence
Weißt du, wo er seinen Fotoapparat gekauft hat?
Do you know where he bought his camera?
Word forms
singular
der Fotoapparat
plural
die Fotoapparate
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Fotoapparat
Accusativeden Fotoapparat
Dativedem Fotoapparat
Genitivedes Fotoapparats
Plural
Nominativedie Fotoapparate
Accusativedie Fotoapparate
Dativeden Fotoapparaten
Genitiveder Fotoapparate
Usage
- mit einem Fotoapparat fotografieren — take photographs with a camera; mit + dative
- Fotoapparat / Fotokamera — synonyms for a camera used to take still photographs
Der alte Fotoapparat meines Großvaters funktioniert noch.
My grandfather's old camera still works.