🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

geheimes Wort

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ge-hei-mes vort

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Secret Word/ˈsiː.krɪt wɜːrd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das geheime Wort wurde während des Spiels verwendet."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A word or phrase that is kept hidden or not disclosed to others.

    "The children whispered the secret word to each other during the game."
  2. 2

    A term used in puzzles or games that must be guessed or discovered.

    "In the scavenger hunt, the secret word was the key to finding the treasure."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'secret' originates from the Latin 'secretus', meaning 'set apart, hidden', which evolved through Old French 'secret' before entering Middle English. 'Word' comes from Old English 'word', which has Germanic roots, referring to a unit of language.

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