Unternehmen

/ˈʊntɐˌneːmən/

das noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Unternehmen

Meaning

  1. company, enterprise

    Built from nehmen (to take) + unter-.

    • Sie arbeitet für ein großes Unternehmen.

      She works for a large company.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Collective
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: collective.

Practice

1 What does Unternehmen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie arbeitet für ein großes ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Unternehmen?

See also

nouncompound

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