übernahm

Meaning

first/third-person singular preterite of übernehmen

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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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Sentences
Kurt   Heinz   übernahm   die  Produktionsleitung.

Kurt Heinz took over the production management.

Gleichzeitig   übernahm   die   Familie
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 Berns  die  Gemeindearbeit.

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

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