Empfängnis
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- conception; the act of becoming pregnant
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German enphencnisse inherited from Old High German intfangnissa suffix from German empfangen (conceive, receive).
Origin
German (Berlin)
empfangen
Gloss
conceive, receive
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Empfänger German
- Empfängnisverhütung German
- Verhütung German
- empfangen German
- empfänglich German
- fangen German
- intfangnissa Old High German
- enphencnisse Middle High German
- enphāhen Middle High German