German

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Etymology

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From late Middle High German vertraht, backformed from Middle High German vertragen (convene, agree). Compare Dutch verdrag.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fərˈtraːk/, [fɐˈtʁaːk], /fɛr-/, [fɛɐ̯-]
  • IPA(key): /fərˈtrax/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
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  • Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

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Vertrag m (strong, genitive Vertrages or Vertrags, plural Verträge)

  1. (law) contract, agreement
  2. (law, politics) treaty
    • 1990, “Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag”, in Bundesgesetzblatt, part 2, page 1320:
      Seine Außengrenzen werden die Grenzen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik sein und werden am Tage des Inkrafttretens dieses Vertrags endgültig sein.
      Its external borders shall be the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic and shall be definitive from the date on which the present Treaty comes into force.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Vertrag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Vertrag” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Vertrag” in Duden online