🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Benachrichtigen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bəˈnaːxʁɪtɪɡn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Notify/nəˈtaɪ.fi/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Bitte benachrichtigen Sie mich, wenn das Paket ankommt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To inform someone of something.

    "Please notify me when the package arrives."
  2. 2

    To give formal notice or warning.

    "The company will notify employees about the changes in policy."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'notify' originates from the Latin 'notificare', which means 'to make known'. It evolved through Middle French 'notifier' before entering English in the late 15th century, maintaining its meaning related to informing or making something known.

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