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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

offenlegen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈɔfn̩ˌleːɡn̩

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disclose/dɪsˈkləʊz/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Bank muss ihre Bilanzen offenlegen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make secret or new information known to others.

    "The company refused to disclose details of the financial agreement."
  2. 2

    To allow something to be seen, typically by uncovering it.

    "The curtain parted to disclose the breathtaking stage design."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English word 'disclosen', from Old French 'desclouser', and ultimately from Latin 'discludere' (to shut apart, unlock). The prefix 'dis-' (reversal, apart) combines with 'claudere' (to close), shifting historically from 'to unclose or unlock' to its modern meaning of revealing confidential or secret information.

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