Sekte

See also: sekte and sektę

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛktə/

Etymology 1

From Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band”), possibly from Latin sequi (“to follow”).

Noun

Sekte f (genitive Sekte, plural Sekten)

  1. cult (religious or ideological group practicing strict internal control and/or dissociation from society)
  2. (often avoided) sect (religious subgroup)
Declension
Declension of Sekte
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Sekte die Sekten
genitive einer der Sekte der Sekten
dative einer der Sekte den Sekten
accusative eine die Sekte die Sekten

Noun

Sekte

  1. plural of Sekt

Further reading
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