apparatchik
apparatchik · apparatchiks · apparatchiki
аппаратчик, аппаратчица, функционер, чинуша
Apparatschik
A member of the Soviet apparatA member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
UK/ɑːpəˈɹɑːt͡ʃɪk/US/æpəˈɹæt͡ʃɪk/
» Although he denied the charges, the apparatchik was put on trial.
Meaning
2 senses(historical)A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
Apparatschik
аппара́тчикapparátčik, аппара́тчицаapparátčica
a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party
(broadly)A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
аппара́тчикapparátčik, функционе́рfunkcionér, чину́шаčinúša
Examples
1 sentencesAlthough he denied the charges, the apparatchik was put on trial.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
member of a Communist apparat:
blindly loyal bureaucrat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
member of a Communist apparat:
Origin
From Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”), from аппара́т (apparát, “aFrom Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”), from аппара́т (apparát, “apparat, apparatus (of state)”) + suffix -чик (-čik).
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Forms
plural: apparatchiks / apparatchiki| Singular | apparatchik |
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| Plural | apparatchiks / apparatchiki |
regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular