senkrecht

== German == === Etymology === senken (“to sink, drop”) +‎ recht (“aligned”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzɛŋkˌʁɛçt/ Hyphenation: senk‧recht === Adjective === senkrecht (strong nominative masculine singular senkrechter, not comparable) vertical (perpendicular to some roughly horizontal line, e.g. the surface of the earth) Synonym: vertikal Antonyms: horizontal, waagerecht ==== Usage notes ==== While waagerecht and horizontal are both common for “horizontal”, senkrecht is significantly more common than vertikal, the latter being restricted chiefly to scientific usage. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Senkrechte Senkrechtstart === Further reading === “senkrecht” in Duden online “senkrecht”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)