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/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

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[1] (in German)
  • “Sortiment” in Duden online
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