Apparat

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /apaˈʁaːt/
  • Rhymes: -aːt
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  • Hyphenation: Ap‧pa‧rat

Noun

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Apparat m (strong, genitive Apparates or Apparats, plural Apparate)

  1. apparatus, device, machine (complex instrument)
    Synonym: Gerät
  2. (politics) apparat, apparatus (organisation, especially bureaucratic)
  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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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