übernahm
Meaning
first/third-person singular preterite of übernehmen
Frequency
New
übernehmen
- (class-4,strong,transitive) to take over (a task, a position, responsibilities from someone else)
- (class-4,reflexive,strong) to take on more than one can handle/master; to overexert oneself
- (class-4,strong,transitive) to assume, to accept (responsibility, liability, etc.)
- (class-4,strong,transitive) to take, to accept (a job, a position, etc.)
- (class-4,strong,transitive) to copy, to adopt
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Dort übernahm er 👨 auch bald 🔜 den Parteivorsitz des bayerischen Landesverbandes .
👨
🔜
There he soon took over the party chairmanship of the Bavarian state association.
Nach dem Krieg übernahm er 👨 die Leitung des Carl-August-Werks zur Erforschung der thüringischen Landesgeschichte.
👨
After the war, he took over the management of the Carl-August-Werk for the study of Thuringian state history.
