See also: Gemach
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gemach (plural gemachs or gemachim)
- (Judaism) A free-loan fund for Orthodox Jews.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]gemach
- (dated) slowly, without hurry
- Synonym: langsam
- 2026 March 4, chapter 1 (0:38:10 from the start), in Feuer und Flamme[1], season 11 (television show), spoken by Dirk, via WDR:
- Aber nichtsdestotrotz ist es jetzt wichiger, dass Sie heile ankommen, deswegen fahren Sie ganz gemach.
- But nevertheless the important thing now is that you get there in one piece, so do not drive in a hurry.
Interjection
[edit]gemach!
- (dated) slowly!, easy!
- 2001 December 13, Alexander Nald, “rechtliche frage zu tierheimen”, in [2] (Usenet):
- > Es geht nicht darum, wie "das schon immer gehandhabt wurde" oder "hat keine allzugroße Bedeutung", sondern das was ich unterschreibe is erstmal Fakt und alles andere, was dir dann im nachherein "blöd" erscheint musst du vor Gericht einklagen, wenn Du denn Glück damit hast.
Gemach, gemach! Und ein bisschen pragmatischer, bitte!- > It's not about how "that's how we've always done it" or "doesn't matter that much", what I put my signature under is fact, and everything else that seems "annoying" to you after the fact, you'll just have to sue, if you're feeling lucky.
Easy, easy! And try being a bit more pragmatic, please!
- > It's not about how "that's how we've always done it" or "doesn't matter that much", what I put my signature under is fact, and everything else that seems "annoying" to you after the fact, you'll just have to sue, if you're feeling lucky.
Derived terms
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