senkrecht
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]senken (“to sink, drop”) + recht (“aligned”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]- While waagerecht and horizontal are both common for “horizontal”, senkrecht is significantly more common than vertikal, the latter being restricted chiefly to scientific usage.
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of senkrecht (uncomparable)