Botschaft

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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.

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Noun

Botschaft f (genitive Botschaft, plural Botschaften)

  1. message
  2. news, tidings
  3. (diplomacy) embassy

Declension

Declension of Botschaft
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Botschaft die Botschaften
genitive einer der Botschaft der Botschaften
dative einer der Botschaft den Botschaften
accusative eine die Botschaft die Botschaften

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Further reading

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