Apparat

See also: apparat

German

Etymology

15th century, from Latin apparātus, perhaps in part through somewhat earlier Middle Low German appārāt (14th c.). See English apparatus for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaˈʁaːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ap‧pa‧rat

Noun

Apparat m (genitive Apparats or Apparates, plural Apparate)

1. apparatus, device, machine (complex instrument)
2. (politics) apparat, apparatus (organisation, especially beaurocratic)
3. (sciences) the entirety of an editor's critical notes to a text, (loosely also) other appended information, such as indices etc.
4. (dated, except in expressions) Short for Telefonapparat (“telephone”).

Declension

Declension of Apparat

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Apparat	die	Apparate
genitive	eines	des	Apparates, Apparats	der	Apparate
dative	einem	dem	Apparat, Apparate1	den	Apparaten
accusative	einen	den	Apparat	die	Apparate

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

• (phone): am Apparat
• Apparatschik

Related terms

• Anmerkungsapparat, Fernsehapparat, Fotoapparat, Fußnotenapparat, Küchenapparat, Rasierapparat, textkritischer Apparat

Descendants

• → Romanian: aparat
• → Russian: аппара́т (apparát) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “Apparat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Apparat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Apparat” in Duden online