Sequester

German

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sequester (“mediator”), from Latin sequester (“mediating”), from Latin sequi (“to follow”).

Noun

Sequester m (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester, feminine Sequesterin)

1. (law) sequester (a person entrusted by the authorities to deposit the subject matter of a controversy between two or more parties)

   Synonym: Zwangsverwalter

Declension

Declension of Sequester [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sequester	die	Sequester
genitive	eines	des	Sequesters	der	Sequester
dative	einem	dem	Sequester	den	Sequestern
accusative	einen	den	Sequester	die	Sequester

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“mediation”), from Latin sequester (“mediating”), from Latin sequi (“to follow”).

Noun

Sequester m or n (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester)

1. (law) sequestration (the process of temporarily removing property from the possession of its owner to hold it as security against legal claims)

   Synonyms: Sequestration, Sequesterverwaltung

Declension

Declension of Sequester [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Sequester	die	Sequester
genitive	eines	des	Sequesters	der	Sequester
dative	einem	dem	Sequester	den	Sequestern
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Sequester	die	Sequester

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Late Latin sequestrare (“to separate”), from Latin sequester (“mediating”), from Latin sequi (“to follow”). Compare sequestrieren.

Noun

Sequester m or n (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester)

1. (medicine) sequestrum (a fragment of bone or other dead tissue)

Declension

Declension of Sequester [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Sequester	die	Sequester
genitive	eines	des	Sequesters	der	Sequester
dative	einem	dem	Sequester	den	Sequestern
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Sequester	die	Sequester

Related terms

• Hornhautsequester
• Lungensequester

See also

• sequestrieren
• Sequestrierung

Further reading

• “Sequester” in Duden online
• “Sequester”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)