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der Schalter

A1 Noun frequency rank #5,010

What Schalter means

Noun

  1. switch (device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow)
  2. information window, ticket window, box office (staffed cabin)
  3. a counter in a train station, bank, state office, or similar place where a cabin as above would normally be found (even if it happens not to be one)

Forms

der Schalter · die Schalter

Plural: Schalter

Pronunciation

Schalter in a sentence

Wo ist der Schalter für das Licht?

Where is the switch for the light?

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Schalter is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #5,010 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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