unternehmen

Meaning

to undertake

Translations

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

aadaige

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

aaraise

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

aazupfe

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌʊntɐˈneːmən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German undernemen, from Old High German untarneman, from Proto-West Germanic *underneman. Equivalent to unter- + nehmen. Cognate to Dutch ondernemen and obsolete English undernim. Modern meaning first attested in the 16th century.

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