# der Sextant

der Sextant is a German noun meaning “sextant”. Forms: des Sextanten, die Sextanten.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Sextanten
- Plural: die Sextanten

## In other languages

- Русский: секстант

## Meanings

1. sextant

## Examples

- Tycho Brahe beobachtete die Sterne nur mit Hilfe eines Kompasses und eines Sextanten. — Tycho Brahe used only a compass and a sextant to observe the stars.

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