overname

English

Etymology

over- +‎ name

Verb

overname (third-person singular simple present overnames, present participle overnaming, simple past and past participle overnamed)

  1. (obsolete) To name over or in a series; to recount.
    • The Merchant of Venice Act I, line 37:
      PORTIA: I pray thee, overname them, and as thou namest them I will describe them...

Noun

overname (plural overnames)

  1. A surname.
  2. A nickname.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: over‧na‧me

Etymology 1

Derived from overnemen on the model of German Übernahme. The same is true of other nouns in -name.

Noun

overname f, m (plural overnamen or overnames, diminutive overnametje n)

  1. takeover

Etymology 2

Verb

overname

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of overnemen (when using a subclause)

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