Transfer

See also: transfer

German

Etymology

18th century, common since early 20th century. Borrowed from English transfer, from Latin transferre. The verb transferieren is older and directly from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /transˈfeːr/, [tʁant͡sˈfeːɐ̯], [tʁans-], [-ˈfɛɐ̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Transfer m (strong, genitive Transfers, plural Transfers)

1. (finance) transfer (the act of moving money to another country)
2. (sports) transfer (the act of moving a player to another club)

   Synonym: Wechsel

3. (formal, specialist) transfer (passing on, moving in general); also of travellers, but otherwise not used of people (except in the sports context)

   Synonyms: Übertragung, Überführung, Weitergabe

Declension

Declension of Transfer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Transfer	die	Transfers
genitive	eines	des	Transfers	der	Transfers
dative	einem	dem	Transfer	den	Transfers
accusative	einen	den	Transfer	die	Transfers

Derived terms

• Datentransfer
• Transferfenster
• Transfermarkt
• Transfersumme
• Wissenstransfer

Related terms

• transferieren
• übertragen, überführen (calques)

Further reading

• “Transfer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Transfer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Transfer” in Duden online
• “Transfer” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Transfer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de