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German
Etymology
From late Middle High German vertraht, backformed from Middle High German vertragen (“convene, agree”). Compare Dutch verdrag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fərˈtraːk/, , /fɛr-/,
- IPA(key): /fərˈtrax/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
- Rhymes: -aːk
Noun
Vertrag m (strong, genitive Vertrages or Vertrags, plural Verträge)
- (law) contract, agreement
- (law, politics) treaty
1990, “Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag”, in Bundesgesetzblatt, part 2, page 1320:Seine Außengrenzen werden die Grenzen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik sein und werden am Tage des Inkrafttretens dieses Vertrags endgültig sein.- Its external borders shall be the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic and shall be definitive from the date on which the present Treaty comes into force.
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Further reading
- “Vertrag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Vertrag” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Vertrag” in Duden online