Telefonjoker

German

Alternative forms

• Telephonjoker (pre-1996 spelling)

Etymology

From Telefon (“telephone”) +‎ Joker (“lifeline”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːləfoːnˌd͡ʒoːkɐ/, /teleˈfoːnˌd͡ʒoːkɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Te‧le‧fon‧jo‧ker

Noun

Telefonjoker m (strong, genitive Telefonjokers, plural Telefonjoker)

1. (TV game show) "Phone-a-Friend" lifeline (lifeline used by the contestant to get help by calling a friend or relative on telephone)

Declension

Declension of Telefonjoker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Telefonjoker	die	Telefonjoker
genitive	eines	des	Telefonjokers	der	Telefonjoker
dative	einem	dem	Telefonjoker	den	Telefonjokern
accusative	einen	den	Telefonjoker	die	Telefonjoker

Further reading

• “Telefonjoker” in Duden online
• “Telefonjoker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Telefonjoker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon