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 Hyphenation: Ap‧pa‧rat === Noun === Apparat m (strong, genitive Apparates or Apparats, plural Apparate) apparatus, device, machine (complex instrument) Synonym: Gerät (politics) apparat, apparatus (organisation, especially bureaucratic) (sciences) the entirety of an editor's critical notes to a text, (loosely also) other appended information, such as indices etc. (dated, except in expressions) short for Telefonapparat (“telephone”) ==== Declension ==== ==== 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) → Turkish: aparat === Further reading === “Apparat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Apparat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Apparat” in Duden online Apparat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de