entbinden

Meaning

  1. (class-3, dated, strong, transitive) to see a woman through childbirth; to deliver
  2. (class-3, intransitive, strong) to give birth; referring to labour, excluding pregnancy
  3. (class-3, strong, transitive) to give birth to a child
  4. (class-3, strong, transitive) to free (someone) from a duty; to release; to exempt
  5. (class-3, strong, transitive) to dismiss, to discharge

Frequency

28k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛntˈbɪn.dən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German entbinden, enbinden, from Old High German intbintan, from Proto-Germanic *andabindaną. Cognate with English unbind, Dutch ontbinden.

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