Sparte

From Latin Sparta, from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē).

• IPA^(key): /spaʁt/

Sparte f

1. Sparta (ancient city-state in southern Greece)

• → Persian: اسپارت (espârt)

• partes, pâtres, prêtas

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from late Medieval Latin sparta, from Ancient Greek σπάρτη (spártē, “hereditament”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpaʁtə/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpaːtə/ (common; particularly northern and central Germany)

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• Hyphenation: Spar‧te

Sparte f (genitive Sparte, plural Sparten)

1. division, branch, sector

   Synonyms: Bereich, Teilbereich, Segment

2. (journalism) section (thematic area in a press organ)

   Synonym: Rubrik

3. (engineering) underground conduit

• “Sparte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sparte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Sparte”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Sparte” in Duden online