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German Word of the Day (3) "Handy" (Cell Phone)

5 years ago
A "Handy" is the German name for a mobile phone.

You put it in your hand ("Hand" in German: "die Hand"). So you have the word: Hand-Handy.

If you ask somebody for a cell phone number it is: "Gib mir bitte deine Handynummer."


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