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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Verantwortung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Verantwortung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Responsibility/rɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #350 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das liegt in Ihrer Verantwortung."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.

    "Women take on more household responsibility than men."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'respondere' (to answer or respond), via late 18th-century French 'responsabilité'. It evolved from meaning simply the state of being answerable for an obligation to encompassing moral and legal accountability for actions and duties.

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