übersetzen

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, weak) to cross, to cross over, to traverse, to ferry [with über (+ accusative) ‘a location’]
  2. (transitive, weak) to take across, to cause to traverse

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

übersetze

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌyːbərˈzɛtsən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German übersetzen, from Old High German ubarsezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *ubarsattjan. Equivalent to über- + setzen. Cognates include Dutch overzetten and English overset.

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