German edit

Etymology edit

17th century, from Italian sortimento, derived from sortire. Analysable in German as Sorte or sortieren +‎ -ment. Borrowed from German into various languages of northern and eastern Europe; compare Swedish sortiment, Czech sortiment.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌzɔʁtiˈmɛnt/
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Noun edit

Sortiment n (strong, genitive Sortiments, plural Sortimente)

  1. (product) range (the entirety or a particular grouping of the articles produced by a company or sold by a shop)
    Kosmetika haben wir nicht im Sortiment.
    Cosmetics are not part of our product range.
    Wir haben ein umfassendes Kosmetiksortiment.
    We have an extensive range of cosmetics.

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Sortiment” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Sortiment” in Duden online