orphan

(Englisch)

Noun

1. A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
2. A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
3. A young animal with no mother.
4. (figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
5. A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
6. Any unreferenced object.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
2. (broadly, figuratively, not-comparable) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.

Verb

1. (transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive).
2. (transitive) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.

Gegenteil von

widow

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɔːfən/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: -

Verwandt mit Sanskrit: अर्भ

Verwandt mit Latein: orbus

Verwandt mit Althochdeutsch: erbi

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Erbe

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: ierfa

In summary

Late Middle English, from Late Latin orphanus, from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos.
PIE word
*h₃órbʰos
Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ (árbha), Latin orbus (“orphaned”), Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe (“heir”)), Old English ierfa (“heir”). More at erf.

Konzepte

Waise

Waisenkind

Schusterjunge

Vollwaise

Witwe

Waisenknabe

Witwer

des Gestorbenen

Kind des Gestorbenen

hinterlassenes Kind

Kind ohne Eltern

Waisenmädchen

landloser Bauer

armer Nächster

-er

-n

Halbwaise

Elternlose

Waisenjunge

Elternloser

Waisenkind - s

allein

Waise -n

einsam

einzig

Kind

🧒

ledig

verlassen

verwaist

Synonyme

poor

parentless

motherless

fatherless

widower

orphanhood

poor person

single

survivor

widow

homeless

lonely

lorn

orphanage

orphaned

pitiful

waif

ward

poor fellow

fatherless girl

fatherless boy

beloved child

parentless child

street child

abandoned

orphan child

abandoned person

adopted child

alone

bachelor

child

🧒

deserted

forlorn

foster child

helpless

Übersetzungen

orphelin

huérfano

orfano

wees

sierota

órfão

orfe

ορφανός

orpheline

huérfana

weesjongen

orbus

orfana

ouderloos

órfã