English-German translations for telephone directory

• Telefonbuch das
  "Dürfen wir das Telefonbuch einsehen? ". 'May we see the telephone directory?'
  Sie hat der Versuchung widerstanden, eine Art Telefonbuch vorzulegen, wie sie selber es formulierte. She has withstood the temptation of becoming a telephone directory, as she herself said.
  Ansonsten würde uns nun eine Art Telefonbuch vorliegen, und wir könnten nicht mehr die Spreu vom Weizen trennen. If we had done otherwise we would now find ourselves with a telephone directory which would prevent us from separating the wheat from the chaff.

Definition of telephone directory

• A listing of telephone subscribers in a specific geographical area, together with their telephone numbers and, sometimes, a street address

Related words

• telephone
• radiotelephone
• videotelephone
• SOS-telephone
• telephone conversation
• telephone box
• telephone booth
• telephone number
• telephone book
• telephone operator