A2Vocabulary

Unternehmen

In German

Unternehmen

un-ter-NEH-men
🇬🇧 English
🇪🇸 Español
🇮🇹 Italiano

Don't Get Confused!

Looks like
Undertake
In English means: "To commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility); to guarantee or promise"
Actually means
Unternehmen
Company, enterprise, business
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Memory Tip
A German 'Unternehmen' is a 'company' you work for, not an action you 'undertake'. Think of a building, not a task.

Example Sentences

1

Er arbeitet für ein großes Unternehmen.

He works for a large company.

2

Die Gründung eines Unternehmens ist kompliziert.

Starting an enterprise is complicated.

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