Roboter

See also: roboter

German

Etymology

Since 1922, derived from Czech robot, in part through English robot. The Czech was coined by Karel Čapek from robota (“serfdom”), whence come also German Robot (“serfdom”), roboten (“to work as serf, toil”). In fact, Middle High German already had a noun robater (“serf”), but this was not continued. It is possible, however, that the German translator derived Roboter from the verb roboten +‎ -er (rather than directly from the Czech noun + suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔbɔtɐ/, /ˈʁoːbɔtɐ/, /ʁoˈbɔtɐ/ (ordered from common to rare)

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Noun

Roboter m (strong, genitive Roboters, plural Roboter, feminine Roboterin)

1. robot

Declension

Declension of Roboter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Roboter	die	Roboter
genitive	eines	des	Roboters	der	Roboter
dative	einem	dem	Roboter	den	Robotern
accusative	einen	den	Roboter	die	Roboter

Derived terms

• Robotik

Related terms

• roboten
• Robot

Further reading

• “Roboter” in Duden online
• “Roboter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Roboter”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–