noun#5,354 by frequency
der Apparat
/apaˈʁaːt/
apparatus, device, machine; apparat, apparatus
- genitive
- des Apparates
- plural
- die Apparate
Meanings
- 1
apparatus, device, machine — complex instrument
Wer ist bitte am Apparat?
Who is calling, please?
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
„Tom, Johannes ist am Apparat.“ – „Ich bin nicht zu Hause!“
"Tom, John's on the phone." "I'm not in!"
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
apparat, apparatus — organisation, especially bureaucratic
- 3
the entirety of an editor's critical notes to a text, (loosely also) other appended information, such as indices etcrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derApparat | dieApparate |
| accusative | denApparat | dieApparate |
| dative | demApparat | denApparaten |
| genitive | desApparates | derApparate |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.