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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Kategorie

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Kategorie

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Category/ˈkæt.əˌɡɔː.ri/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #950 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Produkte sind in verschiedene Kategorien unterteilt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics.

    "Books are sorted into categories such as fiction and non-fiction."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word 'categoria', originating from the ancient Greek 'katēgoria' meaning 'accusation' or 'assertion'. Over centuries through Late Scholastic philosophy, the meaning broadened from a legal charge to a general class or condition of things.

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