adopt – Deutsch–English translations

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adopt verb

  /əˈdɑpt/ , /əˈdɒpt/
  • to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen
 adoptieren
  • to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally
 annehmen, übernehmen

adoption noun

  /əˈdɑp.ʃən/ , /əˈdɒp.ʃən/
  • act of adopting, or state of being adopted
  • choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so
 Adoption

adoptive adjective

  /əˈdɒptɪv/
adoptiv
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