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Etymology

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17th century, from Italian sortimento, derived from sortire. Analysable in German as Sorte or sortieren +‎ -ment. Borrowed from German into various languages of northern and eastern Europe; compare Swedish sortiment, Czech sortiment.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌzɔʁtiˈmɛnt/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

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Sortiment n (strong, genitive Sortiments, plural Sortimente)

  1. (product) range (the entirety or a particular grouping of the articles produced by a company or sold by a shop)
    Kosmetika haben wir nicht im Sortiment.
    Cosmetics are not part of our product range.
    Wir haben ein umfassendes Kosmetiksortiment.
    We have an extensive range of cosmetics.

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Sortiment”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
  • Sortiment” in Duden online