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Annahme

assumption

noun AN-nah-muh Less Common
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Also means

acceptance

Usage Note

Annahme carries two key senses from annehmen: a hypothesis ('assumption') and the act of accepting something ('acceptance'), e.g. die Annahme eines Pakets. The phrase in der Annahme, dass... means 'on the assumption that...'.

Examples

"Das ist nur eine Annahme."

Natural Translation

That is only an assumption.

Literal Translation

That is only an assumption.

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