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

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