Sukkot

Sukkot

See also: sukkot

English

Alternative forms

• Sukkos, Sukkoth, Succot, Succoth

Etymology

From Hebrew סוכות / סֻכּוֹת‎ (sukót).

Proper noun

Sukkot

1. (Judaism) An ancient biblical / Israelite / Jewish festival lasting seven days, celebrating the autumn harvest and commemorating the passage through the wilderness: observed from the 15th day to the 21 day of the month of Tishrei (Tishri).

   Synonyms: Feast of Tabernacles, Tabernacles, Feast of Booths, Booths

Translations

seven-day biblical festival

Arabic: الْعَرْش‎ (al-ʿarš) French: [fête de] Soukkot (fr), [fête de] Souccot (fr), fête des Cabanes (fr) f, fête des Huttes f, fête des Tabernacles f, fête des Tentes f, scénopégie (fr) f German: Laubhüttenfest (de) n, Sukkot (de) pl, Sukkoth (de) pl Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (hlēþrastakeins) Latin: scēnopēgia f Greek: σκηνοπηγία (el) f (skinopigía), Σκηνοπηγία f (Skinopigía), εορτή των Σκηνών f (eortí ton Skinón), εορτή της Συγκομιδής f (eortí tis Sygkomidís) Russian: Сукко́т (ru) m inan (Sukkót) Ukrainian: Сукко́т (Sukkót) Yiddish: סוכּות‎ f pl (sukes)

See also

• Shemini Atzeret (“Eight [Day] of Assembly”)
• Thanksgiving Day
• Harvest Festival
• Lammas

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German

Alternative forms

• Sukkoth
• Suckes, Sukkes, Zuckes (from Yiddish, regional)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew סוכות / סֻכּוֹת‎ (sukkōṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʊˈkoːt/, /zʊˈkɔt/

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Proper noun

Sukkot n (proper noun, strong, genitive Sukkot, plural Sukkot)

1. (Judaism, chiefly in the plural) Sukkot, Feast of Tabernacles, Feast of Booths

   Synonym: (generally only this in Christian Bibles) Laubhüttenfest

Declension

Declension of Sukkot [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Sukkot	die	Sukkot
genitive	eines	des	Sukkot	der	Sukkot
dative	einem	dem	Sukkot	den	Sukkot
accusative	ein	das	Sukkot	die	Sukkot

See also

• Chanukka, Chanukkah, Hanukka, Hanukkah
• Passa, Passah; Passafest, Passahfest
• Purim
• Schmini Azeret, Schemini Azeret (“Achter [Tag] der Versammlung”)
• Schlussfest
• Versöhnungstag (Jom Kippur, Jom Hakippurim)

Further reading

• Sukkot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Sukkot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sukkot” in Duden online
• “Sukkot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon