Neuter
Geschlecht
Meaning
- (neuter, strong) sex
- (neuter, strong) gender
- (neuter, strong) sex organ
- (neuter, strong) genus, type, race
- (neuter, strong) lineage, generation, family
- (neuter, strong) dynasty, house
Concepts
family line
family lineage
gender role
grammatical gender
Age
sex differences
Synonyms
Blutsbande
von seinem Blut
grammatisches Genus
grammatikalisches Geschlecht
grammatisches Geschlecht
Familienverband
Linie der
vom Stamm der
bucklige Verwandtschaft
Muschpoke
genetisches Geschlecht
Kinderbett
Translations
geslacht
sexe
sexo
sesso
sexo
genus
γένος
جنسFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
gschlächt
Zürich
gschlächt
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈʃlɛçt/
Etymology
In summary
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".
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