Ressort
German, noun/ʁɛˈsoːɐ̯/
Ressort is spelled R-E-S-S-O-R-T (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ressort is a German neuter noun meaning “department, area of operations” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “abgegrenztes Aufgaben- oder Themengebiet (zum Beispiel Finanzen, Justiz)”.
What does Ressort mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdepartment, area of operations
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abgegrenztes Aufgaben- oder Themengebiet (zum Beispiel Finanzen, Justiz)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ressort
- Ressorts genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ressort?
- /ʁɛˈsoːɐ̯/
- [ʁɛˈsoːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ressort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ressort in German?
Ressort appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).