What is the meaning of:
Fernseher and Fernsehen?
Which word is mostly used in German speaking countries? Television (or) Fernseher (or) Fernsehen?
2007-09-21 23:43:42 · 6 answers · asked by Dhananjeyan 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I'm not a native speaker of German, but my kids watch a heck of a lot of German TV.
Der Fernseher is the thing, the tv set.
Fernsehen (not capitalized, but it's the beginning of my sentence) is the verb "to watch tv" and das Fernsehen is the noun that comes from the verb, i.e. the action of watching tv.
I've seen ads for both "Fernseher" and "TVs" but not "Televisions". I think the verb and "das Fernsehen" are used for the activity.
Note that the verb is "trennbar" so you would say "Ich sehe fern."
2007-09-22 00:53:52 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'm a native speaker and the previous answer is correct.
I want to add that "Fernsehen" does not only describe the action of watching TV, but "im Fernsehen" also means "on TV".
The word "television" is defiinitely not used in German. "TV" is sometimes written, but it's usually not used in spoken language.
2007-09-22 07:02:37 · answer #2 · answered by Elly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing I can add to the postings above is that Television is occasionally used in the name of tv stations. Tele5 still has some remnants of that. And I think it's used in Swiss German as a word for tv (the thing), but maybe theres someone Swiss around who can comment on this?
2007-09-25 12:05:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The translations above are all correct, but some of them sound weird because they are terms for something that just doesn't exist in the German-speaking world. If you need this information for something important, you might need to ask another question. (And you're smart to distrust the online translation services!) PS Just in case you're American, remember that, to the rest of the world, "football" is soccer. Is that the kind of football you meant?
2016-05-20 22:46:58 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fernseher - one that appears on TV
Fernsehen - to appear on TV
im - on
im Fernsehen - on television
2007-09-21 23:50:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
How do you say 'Very Good!!
2014-07-09 13:18:30 · answer #6 · answered by Pedro 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋