Etymology

18th century, common since early 20th century. Borrowed from EnglishCategory:German terms borrowed from English#TRANSFERCategory:German terms derived from English#TRANSFER transfer, from LatinCategory:German terms derived from Latin#TRANSFER transferre. The verb transferieren is older and directly from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /transˈfeːr/, [tʁant͡sˈfeːɐ̯], [tʁans-], [-ˈfɛɐ̯]Category:German 2-syllable words#TRANSFERCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#TRANSFER

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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  Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#TRANSFER

Noun

Transfer m (strong, genitive Transfers, plural Transfers)Category:German lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:German nouns#TRANSFERCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:German masculine nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#TRANSFER

1. (financeCategory:de:Finance#TRANSFER) transfer (the act of moving money to another country)
2. (sportsCategory:de:Sports#TRANSFER) transfer (the act of moving a player to another club)

   Synonym: Wechsel

3. (formalCategory:German formal terms#TRANSFER, 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

Further reading

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