Sekretär
German, noun/zekreˈtɛːr/
Sekretär is spelled S-E-K-R-E-T-Ä-R (8 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written German, the 12,686th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sekretär is a German masculine noun meaning “secretary (male or unspecified sex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die für ihren Dienstgeber das Vorzimmer führt, den Arbeitstag organisiert, Kommunikation vorbereitet…”.
What does Sekretär mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesecretary (male or unspecified sex)
- 2
masculineofficial of an organization
- 3
masculinehigh-ranking member in the Central committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
- 4
masculinetitle of a Beamter ("Public servant") at the beginning of the middle service
- 5
masculinebureau, secretary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die für ihren Dienstgeber das Vorzimmer führt, den Arbeitstag organisiert, Kommunikation vorbereitet oder durchführt 2. Person, die in einer Organisation an leitender Stelle arbeitet 3. Beamtenposition im mittleren Dienst 4. Möbelstück mit – oft ausklappbarer – Schreibplatte und Aufbau
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 Sekretär
- Sekretärs genitive
- Sekretäre plural
- Sekretärin feminine
- Sekretären dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sekretär?
- /zekreˈtɛːr/
- [ze-]
- [ˌzɛ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sekretär
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sekretär in German?
Sekretär appears 4.8 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).