See also: Kündigen, and kundigen

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German kündigen in the sense “to make known” derived from kündic now kundig; in the contractual termination sense not part of regular vocabulary before the 19th century and clipped from aufkündigen, abkündigen, verkündigen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkʏndɪɡən], [ˈkʏndɪɡn̩], [ˈkʏndɪɡŋ̩]
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  • Hyphenation: kün‧di‧gen

Verb

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kündigen (weak, third-person singular present kündigt, past tense kündigte, past participle gekündigt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to cancel, to terminate (a continuous obligation)
  2. (archaic) to make known, to notify, to proclaim
    Synonyms: notifizieren, anzeigen, offenbaren, verkünden, zur Kenntnis bringen, bekanntgeben, bekanntmachen, kundgeben, kundmachen, kundtun, zu seiner Wissenschaft bringen

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kündigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kündigen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kündigen” in Duden online
  • kündigen” in OpenThesaurus.de