Sequester

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sequester (“mediator”), from Latin sequester (“mediating”), from Latin sequi (“to follow”).

Noun

Sequester m (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester, feminine Sequesterin)

  1. (law) sequester (a person entrusted by the authorities to deposit the subject matter of a controversy between two or more parties)
    Synonym: Zwangsverwalter
Declension
Declension of Sequester [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sequester die Sequester
genitive eines des Sequesters der Sequester
dative einem dem Sequester den Sequestern
accusative einen den Sequester die Sequester

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“mediation”), from Latin sequester (“mediating”), from Latin sequi (“to follow”).

Noun

Sequester m or n (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester)

  1. (law) sequestration (the process of temporarily removing property from the possession of its owner to hold it as security against legal claims)
    Synonyms: Sequestration, Sequesterverwaltung
Declension
Declension of Sequester [masculine // neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der, das Sequester die Sequester
genitive eines des Sequesters der Sequester
dative einem dem Sequester den Sequestern
accusative einen, ein den, das Sequester die Sequester

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Late Latin sequestrare (“to separate”), from Latin sequester (“mediating”), from Latin sequi (“to follow”). Compare sequestrieren.

Noun

Sequester m or n (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester)

  1. (medicine) sequestrum (a fragment of bone or other dead tissue)
Declension
Declension of Sequester [masculine // neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der, das Sequester die Sequester
genitive eines des Sequesters der Sequester
dative einem dem Sequester den Sequestern
accusative einen, ein den, das Sequester die Sequester
  • Hornhautsequester
  • Lungensequester

See also

Further reading
  • “Sequester” in Duden online
  • “Sequester” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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