Expedition

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See also: expedition and expédition

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Etymology

Ultimately from Latin expedītiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɛkspediˈtsi̯oːn/
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Noun

Expedition f (genitive Expedition, plural Expeditionen)

  1. expedition
    • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 5/2010, page 101:
      Ein 20-köpfiges Team von Top-Bergsteigern aus Nepal will sich Ende April auf den Weg in die Gipfelregion des Mount Everest machen, um den Zivilisationsmüll zu beseitigen, den frühere Expeditionen dort hinterlassen haben.
      A team of 20 top mountain climbers from Nepal wants to head to the summit region of Mount Everest at the end of April to clean up the waste of civilization that earlier expeditions have left behind there.

Declension

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

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