Effekten

Meaning

1. (dated, plural, plural-only) personal effects, belongings that one carries with one (on one’s person or as luggage)
2. (plural, plural-only) belongings, movable property, goods and chattels
3. (plural, plural-only) synonym of Wertpapiere (“securities, stocks, bonds”)

Effekt

effect

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Concepts

certificates

security

securities

stocks

marketable securities

stocks and bonds

stocks and shares

shares actually traded

bond

effects

bonds

Synonyms

Wertpapier

Wertpapiere

börsenfähige Papiere

Schuldurkunde

Translations

valeur mobilière

titres

valeurs

effetti

título

valor

valor mobiliário

título

valor

valor mobiliario

değerli kâğıtlar

esham ve tahvilat

titre

menkul kıymetler

valeur

Etymology

17th century, borrowed from Italian effetti, then adapted (via forms like Effecti) to the German cognate Effekt (etymology 2 below). Usage was also influenced by French effets.