Topic: German

"Es ist nicht das Gerät."

Translation:It is not the device.

February 7, 2013

12 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/lhubbell

    Earlier you told me it was gadget you deceitful owl.

    May 20, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/Chitresh_Chahar

      i have reported it

      May 29, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/radami1

        Or how about gadget or apparatus?

        March 12, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/sullivanmark6

          Yeah, I was thinking that the most general sense of the word "Gerät" would be "appartus", though it might be a little more formal than, say, "tool."

          November 12, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/JayMcTee
          • 25

          Surely 'It is not that device." is technically also right, isn't it?

          June 12, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/sparroe

            Yes. I just put 'It's not that device' and it was accepted.

            September 16, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/neilwightman

              Isnt equipment also a valid translation of "das Gerät"

              February 7, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/NosAstra

                No idea if Duolingo accepts those here, but the answer to both of your questions, neil and radami, is yes.

                April 17, 2013
                https://www.duolingo.com/bvanw
                • 704

                Is the device really that great? No.

                June 18, 2013
                https://www.duolingo.com/mickycarcar

                  Is there a way for this not to sound so weird? Could "machine" or "appliance" work? "Device" seems like an unusual word for a chapter on simple household objects.

                  January 24, 2014
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Ixil

                    The leo dictionary has machine and equipment as also being translations. Back when I was taking German in high school it was always spot on - so maybe not as definitive as a German speaker but I believe it. dict.leo.org if you didn't know about it.

                    February 18, 2014
                    https://www.duolingo.com/rjjacob
                    • 1303

                    "Apparatus" should also be correct.

                    March 1, 2014
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