Sortiment

German

Etymology

17th century, from Italian sortimento, derived from sortire. Analysable in German as Sorte or sortieren +‎ -ment. Borrowed from German into various languages of northern and eastern Europe; compare Swedish sortiment, Czech sortiment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌzɔʁtiˈmɛnt/

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Noun

Sortiment n (strong, genitive Sortiments, plural Sortimente)

1. (product) range (the entirety or a particular grouping of the articles produced by a company or sold by a shop)

   Kosmetika haben wir nicht im Sortiment.

   Cosmetics are not part of our product range.

   Wir haben ein umfassendes Kosmetiksortiment.

   We have an extensive range of cosmetics.

Declension

Declension of Sortiment [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Sortiment	die	Sortimente
genitive	eines	des	Sortiments	der	Sortimente
dative	einem	dem	Sortiment	den	Sortimenten
accusative	ein	das	Sortiment	die	Sortimente

Further reading

• “Sortiment” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sortiment” in Duden online