In German, "smoke detector" is der Rauchmelder. It is a noun.
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Buy on SteamIn German, "smoke detector" is der Rauchmelder. It is a noun. The word is spelled der Rauchmelder and pronounced as written, following German pronunciation rules.
German nouns have three genders: masculine (der), feminine (die), and neuter (das). The gender of der Rauchmelder should be learnt together with the word itself.
Use der Rauchmelder as you would use the equivalent noun in English. In German, word order and agreement rules determine how der Rauchmelder fits into a sentence.
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