das Handy
mobile phone (Germany, Austria) - Switzerland: das Natel; not English 'handy'
Origin
A German pseudo-anglicism: in English the device is a 'mobile phone' or 'cell phone', while 'handy' is only the meaning 'practical'.
Building blocks
Words in this expression
Grammar that uses this word
- Regular comparative (-er + als 'than')Komparativ regelmäßig (-er + als)
- Superlative (am …-sten)Superlativ (am …-sten)
- Comparison of equality with 'so … wie' (as … as)Vergleich mit so … wie
- Two-way prepositions with accusative (Wohin? / where to)Wechselpräpositionen mit Akkusativ (Wohin?)
Examples
Mein ist .
My phone is nearly out of battery.