"gemach" meaning in German

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Adverb

Audio: De-gemach.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Middle High German gemach, from Old High German gimah (“calm, comfortable”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamak, related to the root of machen (“to do, carry out”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|gemach}} Middle High German gemach, {{inh|de|goh|gimah|t=calm, comfortable}} Old High German gimah (“calm, comfortable”), {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*gamak}} Proto-West Germanic *gamak Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} gemach, {{de-adv}} gemach
  1. (dated) slowly, without hurry Tags: dated Synonyms: langsam
    Sense id: en-gemach-de-adv-u3tZ31kC Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 100 0

Interjection

Audio: De-gemach.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: gemach! [canonical]
Etymology: From Middle High German gemach, from Old High German gimah (“calm, comfortable”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamak, related to the root of machen (“to do, carry out”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|gemach}} Middle High German gemach, {{inh|de|goh|gimah|t=calm, comfortable}} Old High German gimah (“calm, comfortable”), {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*gamak}} Proto-West Germanic *gamak Head templates: {{head|de|interjection|head=gemach!}} gemach!
  1. (dated) slowly!, easy! Tags: dated Derived forms: allgemach, gemächlich, gemachsam
    Sense id: en-gemach-de-intj-30b1x4BS
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