German

Noun

Apparat m ‎(genitive Apparats or Apparates, plural Apparate)

1. apparatus, device
2. (telephony, short for Telefonapparat) phone

Declension

Derived terms

• (phone): am Apparat

English

Noun

apparat ‎(countable and uncountable, plural apparats)

1. The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.
   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 184:

     The second thing to absorb was that, behind all the spontaneity and eroticism and generalized “festival of the oppressed” merrymaking, a grim-faced Communist apparat was making preparations for an end to the revels and a serious seizure of the state.

Related terms

• apparatchik
• apparatus

Danish

Etymology

From German Apparat ‎(“device, apparatus”), from Latin apparātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aparat/, [ɑb̥ɑˈʁɑːˀd̥] or IPA^(key): /apərat/, [ɑb̥əˈʁɑːˀd̥]

Noun

apparat n (singular definite apparatet, plural indefinite apparater)

1. instrument, apparatus, appliance, machine
2. device
3. radio or TV set
4. camera
5. telephone, handset, extension
6. machinery

Inflection

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apparatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaʁa/

Noun

apparat m ‎(plural apparats)

1. pomp, ceremony

Derived terms

• apparat critique

Latin

Verb

apparat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of apparō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

apparat n ‎(definite singular apparatet, indefinite plural apparat or apparater, definite plural apparata or apparatene)

1. mechanical or electrical device, appliance or instrument
2. apparatus

Derived terms

• fjernsynsapparat
• kassaapparat, kasseapparat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

apparat n ‎(definite singular apparatet, indefinite plural apparat, definite plural apparata)

1. mechanical or electrical device, appliance or instrument
2. apparatus

Derived terms

• fjernsynsapparat
• kassaapparat, kasseapparat

Swedish

Etymology

From French apparat, from Latin apparatus.

Pronunciation

Noun

apparat c

1. apparatus; complex machine or instrument, often run by electricity
2. apparatus; a bureaucratic organization, especially within the area of politics
3. short for TV-apparat or radioapparat: TV set or radio receiver

Declension

Derived terms

• (bureaucratic organization): partiapparat