Noun
der Pfandautomat
Pronunciation: /ˈp͡fantʔaʊ̯toˌmaːt/
reverse vending machine for empties
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plural Pfandautomaten
Meanings
Noun
- reverse vending machine for empties
- reverse vending machine
Example sentence
Der Pfandautomat nimmt heute leider keine Glasflaschen an.
Unfortunately the bottle machine is not taking glass bottles today.
Word forms
singular
der Pfandautomat
plural
die Pfandautomaten
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Pfandautomat
Accusativeden Pfandautomaten
Dativedem Pfandautomaten
Genitivedes Pfandautomaten
Plural
Nominativedie Pfandautomaten
Accusativedie Pfandautomaten
Dativeden Pfandautomaten
Genitiveder Pfandautomaten
Pfandautomat is a weak masculine noun: every case except the nominative singular takes the same ending.
Usage
- Flaschen zum Pfandautomaten bringen — take bottles to the deposit-return machine
- der Automat / den Automaten — weak masculine noun; the same ending occurs in the compound
Vor dem Pfandautomaten warteten drei Kunden mit leeren Flaschen.
Three customers with empty bottles were waiting at the deposit-return machine.