Skip to content
Der Empfänger ist nicht zu Hause. The recipient isn't at home.

noun · A2

der Empfänger

[ɛmˈp͡fɛŋɐ]

recipient, addressee

Learn This Word with Otti
Antonyms
der Absender

My Note

With an account, you keep your own note to every word: a memory trick, an example of your own, where you heard it. Create an account

Already have an account? Log in.

Other Examples

Grammar

Plural
die Empfänger In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? der Empfänger die Empfänger
Der Empfänger ist nicht zu Hause. The recipient isn't at home.
Accusative wen? was? den Empfänger die Empfänger
Kennt ihr den Empfänger von diesem Päckchen? Do you know who this parcel is for?
Dative wem? dem Empfänger den Empfängern
Ich schreibe die Adresse vom Empfänger in die Mitte. I write the recipient's address in the middle.
Genitive wessen? des Empfängers der Empfänger

How the Word Is Built

Emp prefix fäng root er suffix

-er
a person or a tool that does something, masculine: mieten → der Vermieter (landlord).

Word family

empfangender Empfangdie Empfängerin

In Otti's situations: Frida runs errands

Other Dictionaries

The dictionary opens here from its own site, which then sees your IP address. Nothing loads before you choose one.

Learn these words with Otti

A few minutes a day; Otti brings each word back right before you would forget it.