German noun, feminine · CEFR C1

die Übernahme

Meaning in English: takeover; taking on

Rank 2,797 of 5,000noun · dieLevel C1
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Example

Nach der Übernahme verloren viele ihren Job.

After the takeover many lost their jobs.

Der, die or das?

Übernahme is feminine: die Übernahme. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Übernahme?

Übernahme is number 2,797 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 32 times per million words — about once every 32,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,793umzusetzento implement, put into practice
  2. 2,794absolutabsolutely
  3. 2,795sicherensafe, secure
  4. 2,796Impulseimpulses, stimuli, fresh ideas
  5. 2,797die Übernahmetakeover; taking on
  6. 2,798elektronischeelectronic
  7. 2,799das Restaurantrestaurant
  8. 2,800folgtefollowed
  9. 2,801die Realitätreality

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