Kohorte

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cohors.[1]

Pronunciation
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Noun

Kohorte f (genitive Kohorte, plural Kohorten)

  1. (military) cohort (division of a Roman legion)
  2. (sociology) cohort (set of individuals)

Declension
Declension of Kohorte [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kohorte die Kohorten
genitive einer der Kohorte der Kohorten
dative einer der Kohorte den Kohorten
accusative eine die Kohorte die Kohorten

Derived terms
  • (sociology): Fünfjahreskohorte
  • (military): Kohortenführer
  • (sociology): Alterskohorte, Geburtskohorte, Heiratskohorte, Kohortenstudie

References
  1. Konföderation in: Wolfgang Pfeifer et al., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (1993), dwds.de

Further reading
  • “Kohorte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Kohorte” in Duden online
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