Botschaft

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German botschaft, boteschaft, from Old High German botoscaft, from Proto-West Germanic *bodaskapi, from Proto-Germanic *budaskapiz. By surface analysis, Bote +‎ -schaft. Cognate with German Low German Böskupp, Dutch boodschap (whence also Afrikaans boodskap and Sranan Tongo boskopu), Swedish budskap, Danish budskab (whence also Norwegian Bokmål budskap), Norwegian Nynorsk bodskap, Icelandic boðskapur and Faroese boðskapur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈboːt.ʃaft] === Noun === Botschaft f (genitive Botschaft, plural Botschaften) message news, tidings (diplomacy) embassy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Botschafter ==== Related terms ==== Frohe Botschaft Hiobsbotschaft Kernbotschaft Videobotschaft ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Botschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Botschaft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Botschaft” in Duden online Botschaft on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Botschaft” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.