overname

From over- +‎ name.

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

1. (obsolete, transitive) 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...

overname (plural overnames)

1. (obsolete) A nickname.
2. (obsolete) A surname.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.vərˌnaː.mə/

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• Hyphenation: over‧na‧me

Derived from overnemen by calqueing Calque of German Übernahme. The same is true of other nouns in -name. Equivalent to over +‎ name.

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

1. takeover

• bedrijfsovername
• overnameprijs

• Afrikaans: oorname

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

overname

1. (dated or formal) singular dependent-clause past subjunctive of overnemen

• name over