Gemach

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German gemach, from Old High German gimah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈmaːχ/
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Noun

Gemach n (strong, genitive Gemaches or Gemachs, plural Gemächer)

  1. (dated) private chamber (especially of a palace)
    Synonyms: Kammer, Stube, Zimmer
    • 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

Declension of Gemach
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gemach die Gemächer
genitive eines des Gemaches, Gemachs der Gemächer
dative einem dem Gemach, Gemache1 den Gemächern
accusative ein das Gemach die Gemächer

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

  • “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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