Verwaltungsapparat
German, noun[fɛɐ̯ˈvaltʊŋsʔapaˌʁaːt]
Verwaltungsapparat is spelled V-E-R-W-A-L-T-U-N-G-S-A-P-P-A-R-A-T (18 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwaltungsapparat is a German masculine noun meaning “bureaucracy, (administrative machinery)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit des für die Verwaltung zuständigen Personals”.
What does Verwaltungsapparat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebureaucracy, (administrative machinery)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit des für die Verwaltung zuständigen Personals
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 Verwaltungsapparat
- Verwaltungsapparates genitive
- Verwaltungsapparats genitive
- Verwaltungsapparate plural
- Verwaltungsapparaten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verwaltungsapparat?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈvaltʊŋsʔapaˌʁaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verwaltungsapparat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verwaltungsapparat in German?
Verwaltungsapparat appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).