übersetzen

== German == === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German übersetzen, from Old High German ubarsezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *ubarsattjan. Equivalent to über- +‎ setzen. Cognates include Dutch overzetten and English overset. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈyːbərˌzɛtsən/, [ˈʔyː.bɐˌzɛ.t͡sn̩], [-t͡sən] (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈyːbɐˌsɛt͡sn̩/ (Austria) ==== Verb ==== übersetzen (weak, third-person singular present setzt über, past tense setzte über, past participle übergesetzt, auxiliary sein or haben) (intransitive) to cross, to cross over, to traverse, to ferry [with über (+ accusative) ‘a location’] [auxiliary sein or haben] (transitive) to take across, to cause to traverse [auxiliary haben] ===== Usage notes ===== As the first example sentence shows, the verb is used with the (additional) preposition über when referring to what is being crossed, usually a body of water. Such double usage of identical preposition and prefix is quite common with German compound verbs. (Cf. einsteigen in, aussteigen aus, etc.) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Übersetzen === Etymology 2 === 16th century, from über- (“over”) +‎ setzen (“to set”), probably modeled on Latin trādūcere, perhaps through Middle Low German ōversetten (15th c.). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˌyːbərˈzɛtsən/, [ˌʔyː.bɐˈzɛ.t͡sn̩], [-t͡sən] (Germany) IPA(key): /ˌyːbɐˈsɛt͡sn̩/ (Austria) ==== Verb ==== übersetzen (weak, third-person singular present übersetzt, past tense übersetzte, past participle übersetzt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to translate, to interpret [with accusative ‘something’, along with in (+ accusative) ‘into a language/etc.’ or aus (+ dative) ‘from a language/etc.’] (transitive, computing) to compile (archaic or legalese or Switzerland) to take too much compensation from (archaic or rare) to plant too much on [with mit (+ dative) ‘whereof’] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Übersetzen Übersetzer Übersetzung === Further reading === “übersetzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “übersetzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “übersetzen, dolmetschen, übertragen (etymology 1)” in Duden online “übersetzen, befördern, überqueren (etymology 2)” in Duden online “übersetzen” in OpenThesaurus.de J. C. Adelung (1793–1801), “übersetzen”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition “übersetzen” in Grammatisch-Kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (Ausgabe letzter Hand, Leipzig 1793–1801)