teilnehmen

Meaning

to participate

Hyphenated as

teil‧neh‧men

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈtaɪ̯lneːmən]

Etymology

From Teil (“part”) + nehmen (“take”). Calque of Latin participō, whence also English participate; compare corresponding calques such as Dutch deelnemen, English take part, Icelandic taka þátt.

Sentences

So könnte der Präsident der Bank beispielsweise an unseren Sitzungen teilnehmen .

It should, for example, be possible to welcome the chairman of the bank to our meetings.