# der Schalter

der Schalter is a German noun meaning “switch”. Forms: des Schalters, die Schalter.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Schalters
- Plural: die Schalter

## In other languages

- Русский: окошко, касса

## Meanings

1. switch (device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow)
2. information window, ticket window, box office (staffed cabin)
3. a counter in a train station, bank, state office, or similar place where a cabin as above would normally be found (even if it happens not to be one)
4. counter
   - Monatskarten können Sie an Schalter 3 kaufen.

## Examples

- Dieser Schalter dort. — That counter there.
- Bitte zahlen Sie an diesem Schalter. — Please pay at this counter.
- Diese Maschine verfügt über zahlreiche Schalter und Knöpfe. — This machine has a lot of switches and buttons.
- Lass mich den Schalter reparieren. — Let me fix the switch.
- Tom stellte sich den Leuten hinter dem Schalter vor. — Tom introduced himself to the people behind the counter.

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