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(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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