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Botschaft

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German botschaft, boteschaft, from Old High German botoscaft, equivalent to Bote +‎ -schaft. Cognate with German Low German Böskupp, Dutch boodschap (whence also Afrikaans boodskap and Sranan Tongo boskopu), Swedish budskap, Danish budskab (whence also Norwegian Bokmål budskap), Norwegian Nynorsk bodskap, Icelandic boðskapur and Faroese boðskapur.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈboːt.ʃaft]
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Noun edit

Botschaft f (genitive Botschaft, plural Botschaften)

  1. message
  2. news, tidings
  3. (diplomacy) embassy

Declension edit

Declension of Botschaft [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Botschaft die Botschaften
genitive einer der Botschaft der Botschaften
dative einer der Botschaft den Botschaften
accusative eine die Botschaft die Botschaften

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