übernahm

Meaning

first/third-person singular preterite of übernehmen

übernehmen

1. (class-4, strong, transitive) to take over (a task, a position, responsibilities from someone else)
2. (class-4, reflexive, strong) to take on more than one can handle/master; to overexert oneself
3. (class-4, strong, transitive) to assume, to accept (responsibility, liability, etc.)
4. (class-4, strong, transitive) to take, to accept (a job, a position, etc.)
5. (class-4, strong, transitive) to copy, to adopt

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Concepts

undertook

adopted

took over

adoptious

Synonyms

adoptiert

angenommen

übernommen

angeeignet

an Kindes Statt angenommen

Translations

mi incaricai

adoptiu

adopté

adoptif

adoptèrent

adopta

adoptâmes

adoptées

adoptai

adoptés

adottato

adottivo

adoptivus

aangenomen

geadopteerd

Sentences

Kurt Heinz übernahm die Produktionsleitung.

Kurt Heinz took over the production management.

Sein bisheriges Amt übernahm Bernadette Jordan .

Bernadette Jordan took over his previous office.

Gleichzeitig übernahm die Familie Berns die Gemeindearbeit.

At the same time, the Berns family took over the community work.