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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈmɛçt/
- Hyphenation: Ge‧mächt
Etymology 1
From Old High German gimaht, from Old High German gi- + maht.
Noun
Gemächt n (strong, genitive Gemächtes or Gemächts, plural Gemächte)
- male genitalia (penis and testicles)
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Etymology 2
From Old High German gimahhidi, substantivization of Old High German mahhōn and gimahhōn.
Noun
Gemächt n (strong, genitive Gemächtes or Gemächts, plural Gemächte) (archaic)
- husband and wife
- agreement
- testament
- morning gift
- riot
- ornament
- magic
- work
1888, Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer, Kleinere Schriften, volume 2, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, pages 139–140:Schlimmer noch als diese Unterlassungs- sind die Begehungssünden vorwitziger Fälscher, die da, wo ihnen das Verständnis ausgeht, sich auf’s Geratewohl einen Sinn zurechtlegen und ein eigenes Gemächt in den Text einschmuggeln, oder mindestens Alterthümliches und Schweres in Neueres und Leichteres umsetzen.- Worse yet than these omission sins are the commission sins of impertinent shammers who, there where their understanding is depleteted, arrange on the offchance some sense and smuggle an own fabrication into the text, or at the least convert the archaic and difficult into something newer and easier.
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