senkrecht

German

Etymology

senken (to sink, drop) + recht (aligned)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛŋkˌʁɛçt/
  • Hyphenation: senk‧recht
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Adjective

senkrecht (not comparable)

  1. vertical (perpendicular to some roughly horizontal line, e.g. the surface of the earth)

Usage notes

  • While waagerecht and horizontal are both common for “horizontal”, senkrecht is significantally more common than vertikal, the latter being restricted chiefly to scientific usage.

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