modernisieren

German

Etymology

modern +‎ -isieren

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [modɛʁniˈziːʁən]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: mo‧der‧ni‧sie‧ren

Verb

modernisieren (weak, third-person singular present modernisiert, past tense modernisierte, past participle modernisiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to modernize
    die Verwaltung modernisierento modernize the administration
  2. (intransitive) to modernize (chiefly in the context of renovation of one's facilities)

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