mechanisch
Dutch
Alternative forms
- mekanisch
Etymology
From French méchanique 'mechanical' and 'mechanics', from Latin machanicus 'engineer' and 'resourceful, mechanical', ultimately from Ancient Greek (compare machine).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
mechanisch (not comparable)
- mechanical, related to mechanics and/or machinery
- done by machine(s)
- automatical, like machines work mindlessly
Declension
| Declension of mechanisch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | mechanisch | |||
| inflected | mechanische | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | mechanisch | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | mechanische | ||
| n. sing. | mechanisch | |||
| plural | mechanische | |||
| definite | mechanische | |||
| partitive | mechanisch | |||
Related terms
- mecanicien m
- meccano m
- mechaniek
- mechanisme m
Descendants
- Afrikaans: meganies
- → Indonesian: mekanis
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
mechanisch (strong nominative masculine singular mechanischer, comparative mechanischer, superlative am mechanischsten)
Declension
Positive forms of mechanisch
Comparative forms of mechanisch
Superlative forms of mechanisch
Adverb
mechanisch
Further reading
- “mechanisch” in Duden online
- “mechanisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache