German word

Chatroom

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈtʃɛtˌʁuːm/

Meaning

  • masculine nounchatroom

Example

In Chatrooms kann man neue Freunde finden.

You can make new friends in chatrooms.

Illustration for Chatroom (chatroom)

More examples

Wir treffen uns heute im Chatroom.

We are meeting in the chatroom today.

Core concept

A shared online room where several people exchange short messages in real time.

Common phrases

  • im Chatroom chatten

    chat in the chatroom

Similar words

Chatraum: An online room for exchanging short messages in real time.
Chat: An online conversation made up of exchanged short messages.
Gruppenchat: An online chat where several people exchange short messages.

Definition in German

Ein Chatroom ist ein digitaler Raum, in dem mehrere Menschen gleichzeitig kurze Nachrichten schreiben und lesen.

Word origin

German borrowed Chatroom from English by combining chat with room, retaining the English compound as a loanword.

Usage tips

  • Chatroom is a masculine noun in German, so location is expressed as im Chatroom, while the plural is Chatrooms.

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