mechanisch
Dutch
Alternative forms
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
Inflection
| 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
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
mechanisch (comparative mechanischer, superlative am mechanischsten)
Declension
Adverb
mechanisch
Further reading
- “mechanisch” in Duden online