Geschlecht

== German == === Alternative forms === Geschlächt (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German geslechte, from Old High German gislahti, a collective formation from slahta, from Proto-Germanic *slahtō, related to *slahaną (“to strike, hit”). Cognate with Dutch geslacht, Middle Low German geslechte, Italian schiatta, Polish szlachta. The Germanic root is that of Schlag, schlagen (“strike, beat”). The modern sense developed among this root's descendants first in Menschenschlag (“group of people characterised by common traits”), in which the underlying meaning of Schlag is "strike of coinage". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃlɛçt/ Rhymes: -ɛçt === Noun === Geschlecht n (strong, genitive Geschlechts or Geschlechtes, plural Geschlechter or (obsolete) Geschlechte) sex (grammar) gender sex organ genus, type, race lineage, generation, family dynasty, house ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (grammatical gender): Genus, Wortgeschlecht (genital organ): Genital, Geschlechtsorgan, Geschlechtsteil (genus): Gattung, Genus (dynasty): Dynastie, Haus ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “Geschlecht” in Duden online “Geschlecht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache