Ressort

/ʁeˈsoːɐ̯/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Ressorts

Meaning

  1. department, portfolio

    • Das Ressort Sport wird neu besetzt.

      The sports department is being restaffed.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

apartado

Close — a department/portfolio relates to a section.

Practice

1 What does Ressort mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ Sport wird neu besetzt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ressort?

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