übertragen

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌyːbərˈtraːɡən/, [ˌʔyːbɐˈtʁaːɡŋ̍], [-ɡən]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: über‧tra‧gen

Etymology 1

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), at least in part a calque of Latin transferre. Analysable as über- (“over”) +‎ tragen (“to carry”). Compare Dutch overdragen, English carry over.

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. to transfer, transmit
  2. to translate
  3. to broadcast, televise
  4. to hand over something to somebody, entrust somebody with something, confer a right on somebody
  5. (medicine) to have a post-term birth
  6. (reflexive) to be passed on to somebody (disease, illness)
  7. (reflexive, figuratively) to communicate itself to somebody (enthusiasm, nervousness, etc.)
Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Participle

übertragen

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Adjective

übertragen (strong nominative masculine singular übertragener, not comparable)

  1. figurative
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
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