entbinden
German (Berlin)
/ɛntˈbɪn.dən/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (transitive) to see a woman through childbirth; to deliver
- (intransitive) to give birth;
- (transitive) to give birth to a child
- (transitive) to free someone from a duty; to release; to exempt
- (transitive) to dismiss or discharge someone from a job or office
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German entbinden inherited from Old High German intbintan inherited from Proto-Germanic *andabindaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*andabindaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bind English
- unbind English
- unbinder English
- binden Dutch, Flemish
- ontbinden Dutch, Flemish
- ontbinding Dutch, Flemish
- *andabindaną Proto-Germanic
- onbindan Old English
- unbindan Old English
- unbinden Middle English
- ontbinden Middle Dutch
- intbintan Old High German
- entbinden Middle High German
- bannen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- entbannen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- antbindan Old Dutch
- andbindan Old Saxon