Sekt

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German

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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.
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  2. (obsolete) sack (light-colored dry wine from southern Europe, especially Spain) [from 17th c.]
    Synonym: Südwein

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