noun
tablet (device), tablet computer
A2
Tablet denotes a tablet device or tablet computer. German gender: neuter (das Tablet). Plural form Tablets (die Tablets). Declension: das Tablet (nom/acc), dem Tablet (dat), des Tablets (gen). Regular weak foreign noun behavior; pronounced like English and common in everyday German.
Examples
Nachdem die Mutter dem Sohn das Tablet gab, machte er seine Hausaufgaben, obwohl der Akku bald leer wurde.
After the mother gave her son the tablet, he did his homework although the battery soon ran low.
Sie liest Nachrichten auf ihrem Tablet.
She reads the news on her tablet.
Ich habe ein neues Tablet.
I have a new tablet.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine a slim rectangular tablet with an app grid on the screen
Like English 'tablet'
das — remember 'das Tablet' like 'das Handy' (neutral devices)
Notes
Sometimes used with masculine article in some dialects or contexts, but the common standard is neuter (das Tablet).