personal effects, belongings that one carries with one (on one’s person or as luggage) · belongings, movable property, goods and chattels · synonym of Wertpapiere (“securities, stocks, bonds”)
köken: 17th century, borrowed from Italian effetti, then adapted (via forms like Effecti) to the German cognate Effekt (etymology 2 below). Usage was also influenced by French effets.
Nach dem Zugunglück lagen die Effekten der Opfer überall verstreut.