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Sekretär
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sekretar sekretär sekretář sekretær
German
Etymology
de :bor la:sēcrētārius
de la sēcrētārius.
Pronunciation
de /zekreˈtɛːr/ [ze-] [ˌzɛ-] [ˌzeː-] [-kʁe-] [-kʁə-] [-ˈtɛ(ː)ɐ̯] [-ˈte(ː)ɐ̯]
de De-Sekretär.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Se kre tär
Noun
m in
secretary (male or unspecified sex)
official of an organization
de historical high-ranking member in the Central committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
de Germany title of a Beamter ("Public servant") at the beginning of the middle service
de furniture bureau, secretary
de Schreibsekretär<g:m>
Usage notes
(3) Often used with an addendum, e.g. Sekretär für … (‘secretary for …’) or Parteisekretär (‘party secretary’).
(4) The title is always preceded by a prefix, the most common being Regierungs- (‘in government administration’), in which case the full title is Regierungssekretär. In terms of hierarchy, a Sekretär is comparable to a Stabsunteroffizier de (staff sergeant) or Obermaat de (petty officer second class).
Declension
m
Related terms
de Sekretariat
Further reading
Beamter
Regierungssekretär de