Sekte

See also: sekte and sektę

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛktə/
• Homophone: säckte

Etymology 1

From Middle High German secte, from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, faction”), possibly from Latin sequī (“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 [feminine]

	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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Sekte

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Sekt

Further reading

• “Sekte” in Duden online
• “Sekte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Sekte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de