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English
Proper noun
Mission
- A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
- A neighborhood of San Francisco.
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German
Etymology
16th century, learned borrowing from Latin missio. Later reinforced by cognate French mission.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪˈsjoːn/
- Hyphenation: Mis‧si‧on
Noun
Mission f (genitive Mission, plural Missionen, diminutive Missiönchen n)
- (countable) mission (set of tasks)
- Synonyms: Auftrag, Sendung
Der Agent wurde in geheimer Mission ins Ausland entsandt.- The agent was sent abroad on a secret mission.
- (countable) mission (group of people appointed for such a task; their place of work)
- Synonyms: Gesandtschaft, Delegation, Abordnung, Kommando
- (uncountable, definite) mission, evangelization, proselytism (religious, especially Christian, activism)
- Synonyms: Missionierung, Evangelisierung
Die Mission der Heiden war ihr ein lebenslanges Anliegen.- The evangelization of the heathen was a life-long concern of hers.
Usage notes
- Not much used in military parlance, where Einsatz is the usual word for English mission.
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Further reading
- “Mission” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mission” in Duden online
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Pronunciation
Noun
Mission f (plural Missione)
- mission
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