Mechanismus
German, noun/meçaˈnɪsmʊs/
Mechanismus is spelled M-E-C-H-A-N-I-S-M-U-S (11 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mechanismus is a German masculine noun meaning “mechanism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “System von Elementen, die in festgelegter, vorhersehbarer Weise zusammenwirken”.
What does Mechanismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemechanism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. System von Elementen, die in festgelegter, vorhersehbarer Weise zusammenwirken 2. Komplex von Bauelementen, bei dem die Bewegung eines Teils die Bewegung anderer hervorruft 3. naturphilosophische Annahme, dass alle Abläufe in der Natur kausal mechanisch erklärbar sind
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Mechanismus
- Mechanismen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mechanismus?
- /meçaˈnɪsmʊs/
- [meçaˈnɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mechanismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mechanismus in German?
Mechanismus appears 4.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).