"lift the receiver" in German to lift the receiver den Hörer abnehmen abheben ans Telefon gehen Detailed translations for "lift the receiver" to lift the receiver to lift the receiver(also: to answer the telephone) den Hörer abnehmen to lift the receiver(also: to answer the telephone, to raise, to lift) abheben to lift the receiver(also: to answer the telephone, to answer the phone) ans Telefon gehen