Feminine

Botschaft

Meaning

  1. (feminine) message
  2. (feminine) news, tidings
  3. (feminine) embassy

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈboːt.ʃaft]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German botschaft, boteschaft, from Old High German botoscaft, from Proto-West Germanic *bodaskapi, from Proto-Germanic *budaskapiz. By surface analysis, Bote + -schaft. Cognate with German Low German Böskupp, Dutch boodschap (whence also Afrikaans boodskap and Sranan Tongo boskopu), Swedish budskap, Danish budskab (whence also Norwegian Bokmål budskap), Norwegian Nynorsk bodskap, Icelandic boðskapur and Faroese boðskapur.

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