Polyglot Dictionary

Mechanismus

/meçaˈnɪsmʊs/

der noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Mechanismen

Meaning

  1. mechanism

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

vorrichtung

Vorrichtung is more about a physical device or apparatus; Mechanismus is more about the abstract working mechanism.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

mecanismo

mecanismo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "mechanism."

Portuguese

mecanismo

mecanismo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "mechanism."

Practice

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