Kebse

Concepts

concubine

courtesan

doxy

paramour

odalisque

secondary wife

Synonyms

Nebenfrau

Konkubine

Lebensgefährtin

Mätresse

Partnerin

Buhle

Geliebte

Kebsweib

Kurtisane

Translations

concubine

concubine

bijzit

courtisane

goton

prostituta

femme galante

cortigiana

meretrix

concubina

pallaca

concubina

odalisque

maintenee

παλλακίδα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkeːpsə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: kebse

Inherited from Old High German: kebisa

Cognate with Dutch: kēves

Cognate with Old English: ċiefes

In summary

18th-century learned borrowing from Middle High German kebse, kebese, from Old High German kebisa, chebisa, from Proto-West Germanic *kabisi, from Proto-Germanic *kabisjō (“concubine”). Only the compounds Kebsweib and Kebskind were inherited. Cognate with Dutch kēves, Old English ċiefes.