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German
Etymology
senken (“to sink, drop”) + recht (“aligned”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɛŋkˌʁɛçt/
- Hyphenation: senk‧recht
Adjective
senkrecht (strong nominative masculine singular senkrechter, not comparable)
- vertical (perpendicular to some roughly horizontal line, e.g. the surface of the earth)
- Synonym: vertikal
- Antonyms: horizontal, waagerecht
Usage notes
- While waagerecht and horizontal are both common for “horizontal”, senkrecht is significantally more common than vertikal, the latter being restricted chiefly to scientific usage.
Declension
Positive forms of senkrecht (uncomparable)
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