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Der Schalter für Madrid ist schon offen. The check-in desk for Madrid is already open.

noun · A2

der Schalter

[ˈʃaltɐ]

counter, desk

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Other Examples

  • Wir geben die Koffer am Schalter ab.

    We drop off our suitcases at the counter.

  • Wartest du am Schalter auf mich?

    Will you wait for me at the counter?

  • Frida kauft ihre Fahrkarte am Schalter, nicht am Automaten.

    Frida buys her ticket at the counter, not from the machine.

Grammar

Plural
die Schalter 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 Schalter die Schalter
Der Schalter für Madrid ist schon offen. The check-in desk for Madrid is already open.
Accusative wen? was? den Schalter die Schalter
Dative wem? dem Schalter den Schaltern
Wartest du am Schalter auf mich? Will you wait for me at the counter?
Genitive wessen? des Schalters der Schalter

How the Word Is Built

Schalt root er suffix

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

Word family

der Check-in-Schalterder Fahrkartenschalterder Bankschalter

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