Mission

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English

Proper noun

Mission

  1. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
  2. 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/
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  • Hyphenation: Mis‧si‧on

Noun

Mission f (genitive Mission, plural Missionen, diminutive Missiönchen n)

  1. (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.
  2. (countable) mission (group of people appointed for such a task; their place of work)
    Synonyms: Gesandtschaft, Delegation, Abordnung, Kommando
  3. (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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Noun

Mission f (plural Missione)

  1. mission

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