Masculine
Sekt
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) sparkling wine
- (masculine, obsolete, strong) sack (light-colored dry wine from southern Europe, especially Spain)
Concepts
Synonyms
Puffbrause
Prickelwasser
Prickelbrause
Cava
Champagner -s
die Champagne
Imprägnierschaumwein
Weinkellerei
Translations
spumante
champagne
xampany
champagne
champán
champanhaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/zɛkt/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed in the 17th century, and provided with a paragogic -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.
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