übernommene
Übernommene is a German term formed from the verb übernehmen. When capitalized and used as a noun, it refers to items or persons that have been taken over, adopted, or borrowed, with the exact sense depending on context. The form is a nominalized past participle and lacks a single fixed definition beyond the sense of “those that have been taken over.”
In business and law, Übernommene commonly denotes an entity or asset that has been acquired by another
In linguistics and cultural studies, übernommene Wörter or Elemente describe borrowings that have been adopted into
Morphology and usage notes: the meaning of Übernommene is highly context dependent. In most cases, it contrasts
See also: übernehmen, Übernahme, Adop tion (loanword discipline). For human adoption, German normally uses Adoptivkind or