Multiple choice general knowledge foreign languages What did the German engineer Konrad Zuse invent? The washing machine The coffee machine The digitally programmable computer None of the above Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself C Correct answer Explanation Konrad Zuse (1910-1995) was a German civil engineer and computer pioneer who created the first programmable computer, the Z3, in 1941. The Z3 was electromechanical and the first fully automatic digital computer.