Einrichtung — meaning in English

English meaning

• amenity noun Pleasantness.
• device noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
• facility noun A building, room or piece of equipment set up and used for a particular activity or service.
• fitting adj Appropriate or suitable for the occasion.
• furnishings noun Furniture, fittings, and other movable items that equip and decorate a room.
• furniture noun Large movable objects, such as tables, chairs, and beds, that make a room usable.
• setup noun The way something is arranged or organized, or the equipment used for a particular purpose.

Senses

Einrichtung is used for these senses in English:

• amenity (cartography) A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.
• device Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
• device A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
• facility The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]
• fitting (chiefly, _, British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.
• furnishings The objects, other than furniture, that occupy an interior space.
• furniture (now usually, _, uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
• setup Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

amenity — full definition

1. noun Pleasantness.
2. noun Convenience.
3. noun A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, among others.

device — full definition

1. noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
2. noun A scheme or trick, often meant to deceive or gain advantage.
3. noun A technique a writer or speaker uses deliberately to create an effect, such as a rhetorical or literary device.

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