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Sekt

Sekt

See also: sekt

German

Noun

Sekt m ‎(genitive Sektes or Sekts, plural Sekte, diminutive Sektchen n)

  1. sparkling wine

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sekt

See also: Sekt

Czech

Noun

sekt m

  1. sparkling wine

Faroese

Noun

sekt f (genitive singular sektar, plural sektir)

  1. (law) penalty
  2. (production) waste, scrap
  3. (rare, in phrases) certain quantity of wool

Declension

Declension of sekt
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sekt sektin sektir sektirnar
accusative sekt sektina sektir sektirnar
dative sekt sektini sektum sektunum
genitive sektar sektarinnar sekta sektanna

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛxt/
    Rhymes: -ɛxt

Noun

sekt f ‎(genitive singular sektar, nominative plural sektir)

  1. (uncountable) guilt
  2. (countable) fine (payment as a punishment)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin secta

Noun

sekt f, m ‎(definite singular sekta or sekten, indefinite plural sekter, definite plural sektene)

  1. a sect

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin secta

Noun

sekt f ‎(definite singular sekta, indefinite plural sekter, definite plural sektene)

  1. a sect

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Polish

Noun

sekt f

  1. genitive plural of sekta

Etymology

Borrowed in the 17th century, and provided with an additional -t, from French (vin) sec, that is “dry wine”, which is also the original sense in German. The sense “sparkling wine” is believed to originate from an anecdote in 19th-century Berlin. The actor Ludwig Devrient supposedly ordered a bottle of wine using the phrase Bring Er mir Sekt, Schurke!, based on the German translation of the line “Give me a cup of sack, rogue!” from Shakespeare’s Henry IV. He was served sparkling wine, his usual order, and this sense was given to the word Sekt when the phrase and anecdote caught on.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɛkt/

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