Gemach
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gemach, from Old High German gimah.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Gemach n (strong, genitive Gemaches or Gemachs, plural Gemächer)
- (dated) private chamber (especially of a palace)
- 1839, Heinrich Gottlob Gräve, Die weiße Dame:
- Einsam trauernd saß in ihrem Gemach Gertrude, sein holdes Gespons, entweder mit weiblichen Arbeiten beschäftiget oder betend für ihres Gemahls Wohl.
- Gertrude, his lovely wife, sat in her chamber lonely and sad, either occupied with women's work or praying for her husband's well-being.
- 1917, Franz Kafka, “Ein altes Blatt”, in Marsyas. Eine Zweimonatsschrift, volume 1, number 1, Heinrich Hochstim Verlag, page 81a:
- Gerade damals glaubte ich den Kaiser selbst in einem Fenster des Palastes gesehen zu haben; niemals sonst kommt er in diese äußeren Gemächer; [...]
- Exactly back then, I believed to have seen the Emperor himself in a window of the palace; otherwise he never comes to these outer chambers; […]
Declension
[edit]Declension of Gemach [neuter, strong]
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Gemach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gemach” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Gemach” in Duden online
- “Gemach” in OpenThesaurus.de
Gemach on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- J. C. Adelung (1793–1801) “Gemach (2), das”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition
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