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sigte.

intention, goal, purpose

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/sektə/[ˈseɡ̊d̥ə]
  1. intention, goal, purpose

    neuter
  2. aim (with a weapon)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Low German sichte, a variant of sicht, from Old Saxon *sihti, from Proto-West Germanic *sihti.

noun/sektə/[ˈseɡ̊d̥ə]
  1. sieve

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Low German sichte, derived from the verb sichten (“to sift”), see below.

verb/sektə/[ˈseɡ̊d̥ə]
  1. to sieve, sift, bolt

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Low German sichten, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan, cognate with English sift (German sichten is also from Low German).

verb/sektə/[ˈseɡ̊d̥ə]
  1. to charge (to make an accusation against)

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish sæktæ, derived from the noun Old Norse sekt (“penalty”), which is in turn derived from the adjective sekr (“guilty”), from Proto-Germanic *sakjaz.

verb/sektə/[ˈseɡ̊d̥ə]
  1. to aim

    at sigte på nogen med en bue
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Low German sichten and German sichten, derived from the noun Sicht (Danish sigt).

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