Apparat
See also: apparat
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
15th century, from Latin apparātus, perhaps in part through somewhat earlier Middle Low German appārāt (14th c.). See English apparatus for more.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Apparat m (strong, genitive Apparates or Apparats, plural Apparate)
- apparatus, device, machine (complex instrument)
- (politics) apparat, apparatus (organisation, especially beaurocratic)
- (sciences) the entirety of an editor's critical notes to a text, (loosely also) other appended information, such as indices etc.
- (dated, except in expressions) Short for Telefonapparat (“telephone”).
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Apparat [masculine, strong]
Derived termsEdit
- (phone): am Apparat
- Apparatschik
Related termsEdit
- Anmerkungsapparat, Fernsehapparat, Fotoapparat, Fußnotenapparat, Küchenapparat, Rasierapparat, textkritischer Apparat
DescendantsEdit
- → Romanian: aparat
- → Russian: аппара́т (apparát) (see there for further descendants)
- → Turkish: aparat
Further readingEdit
- “Apparat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Apparat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Apparat” in Duden online
- Apparat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de