Gemach

See also: gemach

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈmaːχ/
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Noun

Gemach n (genitive Gemaches or Gemachs, plural Gemächer)

  1. (dated) chamber (especially of a palace)
    • 1917, Franz Kafka, Ein altes Blatt, in: Marsyas. Eine Zweimonatsschrift, year 1, issue 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; [...]

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