Maschine
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French machine (“machine”), from Latin māchina.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editMaschine f (genitive Maschine, plural Maschinen)
- machine
- 1995, Christian Kracht, “Acht”, in Faserland, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, published 2020, →ISBN:
- Es ist so, als habe sich das ganze riesengroße Land einfach verflüchtigt, und obwohl die Menschen hier auch noch Deutsch sprechen und auf den Schildern überall deutsche Sätze stehen, scheint es mir so, als ob Deutschland nur noch eine Ahnung wäre, eine große Maschine jenseits der Grenze, eine Maschine, die sich bewegt und Dinge herstellt, die von niemandem beachtet werden.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- engine
- (slightly informal) airplane
- (colloquial) motorcycle
- Synonym: Motorrad
Usage notes
edit- The word is not usual for vending machines and similar machines into which money is inserted (like a pinball machine or the like). These are called Automaten.
Declension
editDeclension of Maschine [feminine]
Derived terms
edit- Aushebemaschine f (“excavator”)
- Bohrmaschine f (“drill”)
- Datenverarbeitungsmaschine f
- Doppelschleifmaschine f (“bench grinder”)
- Fräsmaschine f (“milling machine”)
- Kaffeemaschine f (“coffee maker”)
- Küchenmaschine f (“food processor”)
- Mähmaschine f (“mower”)
- Maschinenraum f (“engine room”)
- Pressmaschine f (“press tool”)
- Propagandamaschine
- Rührmaschine f
- Sattelzugmaschine
- Schreibmaschine f (“typewriter”)
- Spülmaschine f (“dishwasher”)
- Suchmaschine f (“search engine”)
- Trockenmaschine f (“dryer”)
- Waschmaschine f (“washing machine”)
Related terms
editDescendants
editDescendants of Maschine in other languages
- → Belarusian: машына (mašyna)
- → Bulgarian: машина (mašina)
- → Czech: mašina
- → Estonian: masin
- → Hungarian: masina
- → Latvian: mašīna
- → Lithuanian: mašina
- → Lower Sorbian: mašina
- → Kashubian: maszina
- → Macedonian: машина (mašina)
- → Polish: maszyna
- → Romanian: mașină (also directly from French)
- → Russian: машина (mašina) (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: машина / mašina
- → Slovak: mašina
- → Slovene: mašina
- → Ukrainian: машина (mašyna)
- → Yiddish: מאַשין (mashin)
Further reading
editHunsrik
editPronunciation
editNoun
editMaschine f
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