Sekte
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
Sekte f (genitive Sekte, plural Sekten)
- cult (religious or ideological group practicing strict internal control and/or dissociation from society)
- (often avoided) sect (religious subgroup)
Declension edit
Declension of Sekte [feminine]
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
Sekte
Further reading edit
- “Sekte” in Duden online
- “Sekte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Sekte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de