Traktat

See also: traktat and traktát

German

Etymology

From Late Middle High German tractāt (14th c.), from Latin tractātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁakˈtaːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Traktat n or m (strong, genitive Traktats or Traktates, plural Traktate, diminutive Traktätchen n)

1. (dated) tract (brief scientific treatise)
2. (by extension, often dismissive) tract, pamphlet (short text of religious or ideological content)

Declension

Declension of Traktat [neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Traktat	die	Traktate
genitive	eines	des	Traktats, Traktates	der	Traktate
dative	einem	dem	Traktat, Traktate1	den	Traktaten
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Traktat	die	Traktate

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Traktat” in Duden online
• “Traktat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache