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A household appliance used to dry washed laundry with the help of warm air. Also called a tumble dryer.
Die Handtücher sind viel weicher, wenn sie aus dem Trockner kommen.
The towels are much softer when they come out of the dryer.
'Trockner' (dryer) is derived from the verb 'trocknen' (to dry). The ending '-er' here refers to a device that performs the action of the verb — so, a device that dries.
Dieser Pullover darf nicht in den Trockner.
This sweater must not go in the dryer.
When people talk in everyday life simply about 'dem Trockner' (the dryer), they almost always mean the clothes dryer. Other drying devices are named more specifically, e.g. 'Haartrockner' (hair dryer) or 'Händetrockner' (hand dryer).
Ich muss die Wäsche noch aus dem Trockner holen.
I still have to get the laundry out of the dryer.
In connection with the clothes dryer, the verbs 'laufen' (to run), 'einschalten' (to switch on), 'benutzen' (to use), as well as 'etwas in den Trockner tun' (to put something in the dryer) or 'etwas aus dem Trockner nehmen' (to take something out of the dryer) are often used.
Kannst du bitte den Trockner ausräumen?
Can you please empty the dryer?
hair dryer / foehn
'der Trockner' and 'der Föhn' can both be devices that dry something with warm air. In everyday language, however, 'Trockner' usually means a large appliance for laundry. More generally, a 'Trockner' can also be a device that dries something else. 'Föhn', by contrast, means a small device for drying hair. The words can be confused because both have to do with air and drying. For clothes, you normally say 'Trockner'; for hair, 'Föhn'.
Nach dem Waschen kommt die Bettwäsche direkt in den Trockner.
After washing, the bed linen goes straight into the dryer.
Vor der Arbeit trocknet Anna ihre Haare schnell mit dem Föhn.
Before work, Anna quickly dries her hair with the hair dryer.