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Sekt

See also: sekt

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed in the 17th century, and provided with an additional -t, from French (vin) sec (literally “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

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  • IPA(key): /zɛkt/
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Noun

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

  1. sparkling wine [from 19th c.]
    Synonyms: (formal; officialese) Schaumwein; (colloquial; jokingly) Prickelbrause, (derogatory) Puffbrause, (derogatory) Nuttenbrause
    • 2018 May 26, Christoph Raffelt, “Christoph Raffelt Mundwerk: Es wird Zeit, den deutschen Sekt zur Kenntnis zu nehmen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[1], →ISSN, page 63:
      Was in diesen Wein- und Sektgütern passiert, ist ein Wandel von genügsamen und oft auch etwas zuckrig schmeckenden Sekten der Vergangenheit hin zu feinen, eleganten, oft knochentrockenen, frischen und druckvollen Sekten, die plötzlich international Aufsehen erregen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (obsolete) sack (light-colored dry wine from southern Europe, especially Spain) [from 17th c.]
    Synonym: Südwein

Declension

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Declension of Sekt [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sekt die Sekte
genitive eines des Sektes, Sekts der Sekte
dative einem dem Sekt, Sekte1 den Sekten
accusative einen den Sekt die Sekte

1Now rare, see notes.

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