Media and Technology: Vocabulary and Separable-Verb Word Order
Learn German words for phones, apps and social media, then practise separable-verb word order.
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Media and technology in German 📱
This topic covers phones, computers, apps, messages and online habits. German has useful separable verbs here, where a prefix can move to the end of the sentence.
Key technology words 🔑
These words are useful across reading, listening and writing tasks.
Separable verbs ⚖️
The prefix can split away and move to the end in a main clause.
Match the tech word 🔗
- das Handy
- der Computer
- die Nachricht
- die App
- mobile phone
- computer
- message or news
- app
Which is mobile phone? 🎯
Which German word means mobile phone?
- das Handy
- der Computer
- die Nachricht
- das Programm
Prefix to the end 💡
With **herunterladen**, the prefix moves to the end: ich lade die App herunter. That word order is a classic German accuracy point.
Match the online actions 🔀
- anrufen
- fernsehen
- herunterladen
- simsen
- to phone
- to watch TV
- to download
- to text
Correct tech German ✅
Select the TWO correct German sentences.
- ich lade die App herunter
- ich sehe oft fern
- ich herunterlade die App
- die nachricht
Build the download sentence 🪜
An interactive activity.
Complete the tech sentences 🧩
A mobile phone is ein _____. A message is eine _____. I phone you is ich rufe dich _____. I download the app is ich lade die App _____.
Spot media words 🖍️
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Download the app 📝
Which sentence correctly says: I download the app?
- ich lade die App herunter
- ich herunterlade die App
- ich lade herunter die App
- ich laden die App herunter
Choose the tech phrase 🧭
An interactive activity.
Your technology habits ✍️
An interactive activity.