Sekunda
German, noun[zeˈkʊnda]
Sekunda is spelled S-E-K-U-N-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 321,814th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sekunda is a German feminine noun meaning “the second class of Gymnasium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schulklasse an einem Gymnasium, deren Schüler das Tertiär absolviert haben, aber noch nicht in der Prima…”.
What does Sekunda mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletethe sixth and seventh class of Gymnasium
- 2
Austriadatedfemininethe second class of Gymnasium
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schulklasse an einem Gymnasium, deren Schüler das Tertiär absolviert haben, aber noch nicht in der Prima sind; gezählt ab dem 1. Grundschuljahr ist das die 10. und 11. Klasse, zur Differenzierung nennt man die 10. Klasse Untersekunda und die 11. Klasse Obersekunda 2. gezählt ab dem 1. Grundschuljahr die 6. Klasse an einem Gymnasium
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 Sekunda
- Sekunden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sekunda?
- [zeˈkʊnda]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sekunda in German?
Sekunda appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).