Mission

See also: mission

English

Proper noun

Mission

1. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
2. A neighborhood of San Francisco.

Translations

city in British Columbia

• Arabic: ميشن (mīšan)
• French: Mission (fr) f
• Greek: Μίσιον (Mísion)
• Hebrew: מישן (he)
• Japanese: ミッション (ja) (Misshon)
• Korean: 미션 (Misyeon)

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German

Etymology

16th century, learned borrowing from Latin missio. Later reinforced by cognate French mission.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈsjoːn/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Mis‧si‧on

Noun

Mission f (genitive Mission, plural Missionen, diminutive Missiönchen n)

1. (countable) mission (set of tasks)

   Synonyms: Auftrag, Sendung

   Der Agent wurde in geheimer Mission ins Ausland entsandt.

   The agent was sent abroad on a secret mission.

2. (countable) mission (group of people appointed for such a task; their place of work)

   Synonyms: Gesandtschaft, Delegation, Abordnung, Kommando

3. (uncountable, definite) mission, evangelization, proselytism (religious, especially Christian, activism)

   Synonyms: Missionierung, Evangelisierung

   Die Mission der Heiden war ihr ein lebenslanges Anliegen.

   The evangelization of the heathen was a life-long concern of hers.

Usage notes

• Not much used in military parlance, where Einsatz is the usual word for English mission.

Declension

Declension of Mission [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mission	die	Missionen
genitive	einer	der	Mission	der	Missionen
dative	einer	der	Mission	den	Missionen
accusative	eine	die	Mission	die	Missionen

Hyponyms

• Handelsmission
• Weltraummission
• Äußere Mission, Innere Mission

Derived terms

• missionieren
• Missionar
• Missionsauftrag

Further reading

• “Mission” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mission” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈsi̯oːn/

Noun

Mission f (plural Missione)

1. mission

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary