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Emil zeigt Otti stolz sein kleines Unternehmen: ein Fahrrad und ein Handy. Emil proudly shows Otti his little business: one bike and one phone.

noun · B2

das Unternehmen

[ʊntɐˈneːmən]

company, business, enterprise

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Synonyms
die Firma

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Grammar

Plural
die Unternehmen In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? das Unternehmen die Unternehmen
Accusative wen? was? das Unternehmen die Unternehmen
Dative wem? dem Unternehmen den Unternehmen
In welchem Unternehmen arbeitest du eigentlich, seit du in Berlin bist? Which company have you actually been working for since you came to Berlin?
Genitive wessen? des Unternehmens der Unternehmen

How the Word Is Built

Unter prefix nehm root en ending

unter-
under: unterschreiben (to sign, literally "to write under" a text).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

nehmender Unternehmerdie Unternehmerin

In Otti's situations: Emil starts his own business

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