Gerät

Etymology
From, from , derived from , whence modern German. The semantic development can, theoretically, be explained internally through a path “consultation” → “precaution” → “equipment”. However, the word has without doubt been influenced by another term, at hand in 🇨🇬, which is related with. Both became homophonous in many Low and Central German dialects; compare, which can be cognate with either Old High German word. The Middle High German sources show that the sense “equipment” did indeed spread from the north. Cognate with 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬 and.

Noun

 * 1)  device, tool, appliance, machine
 * 2)  equipment, tools
 * 3)  contents, furniture
 * 1)  equipment, tools
 * 2)  contents, furniture