🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

entdecken

Pronunciation / Transliteration: entdecken

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Discover/dɪˈskʌvər/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #850 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Kolumbus hat Amerika im Jahr 1492 entdeckt."

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    Find something unexpectedly or in the course of a search.

    "Scientists have discovered a new species of frog in the rainforest."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French descovrir, from dis- (expressing removal) + couvrir 'to cover' (from Latin cooperire).

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