Mission

See also: mission

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/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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.

Declension
Declension of Mission [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mission die Missionen
genitive einer der Mission der Missionen
dative einer der Mission den Missionen
accusative eine die Mission die Missionen

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Further reading
  • “Mission” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Mission” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /miˈsi̯oːn/

Noun

Mission f (plural Missione)

  1. mission

Further reading
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