übernehmen

B1 Verb frequency rank #1,146

What übernehmen means

Verb

to take over (a task, a position, responsibilities from someone else)
to take on more than one can handle/master; to overexert oneself
to assume, to accept (responsibility, liability, etc.)
to take, to accept (a job, a position, etc.)

Forms

übernehmen · übernimmt · übernahm · hat übernommen (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

übernehmen in a sentence

Könntet ihr eine Zeitlang das Fahren übernehmen?

Can you take over the driving for a while?

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übernehmen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #1,146 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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