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shared responsibility
The responsibility that a person shares with others for an action, event, or situation.
Als Teamleiter trägt er die Mitverantwortung für den Erfolg des Projekts.
As team leader, he bears shared responsibility for the success of the project.
The word is made up of the prefix 'mit-' and the noun 'Verantwortung' (responsibility). Here the prefix 'mit-' means 'together' or 'together with others', so it refers to shared responsibility.
Jeder Einzelne im Team hat eine Mitverantwortung für das Arbeitsklima.
Every individual in the team has shared responsibility for the working atmosphere.
To express what the shared responsibility is for, the preposition 'für' with the accusative is used. The structure is therefore: Mitverantwortung für etwas haben or tragen (to have or bear shared responsibility for something).
Die Eltern tragen die Mitverantwortung für das Verhalten ihrer Kinder in der Schule.
The parents bear shared responsibility for their children's behavior at school.
'Mitverantwortung' (shared responsibility) is very often combined with the verbs 'tragen' (to bear/carry) or 'übernehmen' (to take on). 'Mitverantwortung tragen' describes the state, while 'Mitverantwortung übernehmen' describes the active process of accepting responsibility.
Er war bereit, die volle Mitverantwortung für den Fehler zu übernehmen.
He was prepared to take full shared responsibility for the mistake.
responsibility
'die Verantwortung' and 'die Mitverantwortung' both describe a duty for something and its consequences. 'Verantwortung' can rest with one person, a group, or an organization. 'Mitverantwortung' emphasizes that someone does not bear this responsibility alone, but together with others. The words are easy to confuse because they sound very similar and often come up in the same topic area. If one person is responsible on their own, you are more likely to say 'Verantwortung'. If several people or groups are involved, 'Mitverantwortung' is more precise.
Welche Mitverantwortung trägt die Firma für die schlechten Arbeitsbedingungen?
What shared responsibility does the company bear for the poor working conditions?
Ihr habt am Montag die Verantwortung für den Stand beim Sommerfest übernommen.
On Monday, you took responsibility for the stand at the summer festival.