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 (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: Ap‧pa‧rat

    Noun

    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

    Declension of Apparat [masculine, strong]
    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 rare, see notes.

    Derived terms

    • (phone): am Apparat
    • Apparatschik

    Descendants

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

    Further reading

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