Roboter
See also: roboter
German edit
Etymology edit
Since 1922, derived from Czech robot, in part through English robot. The Czech was coined by Karel Čapek from robota (“serfdom”), whence come also German Robot (“serfdom”), roboten (“to work as serf, toil”). In fact, Middle High German already had a noun robater (“serf”), but this was not continued. It is possible, however, that the German translator derived Roboter from the verb roboten + -er (rather than directly from the Czech noun + suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Roboter m (strong, genitive Roboters, plural Roboter, feminine Roboterin)
Declension edit
Declension of Roboter [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Roboter” in Duden online
- “Roboter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Roboter”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–