kalben

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, weak) to calve
  2. (Rhineland, colloquial, intransitive, weak) to give birth (of people)
  3. (Rhineland, colloquial, intransitive, weak) to gambol, to run around (in the awkward manner of a calf)
  4. (Namibia, colloquial, intransitive, weak) to break down, to cease to function

Concepts

Synonyms

entbunden werden

kreißen

zur Welt bringen

hervorkommen

abkalben

in den Wehen liegen

auf die Welt bringen

das Leben schenken

Baby bekommen

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kalbere

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

From Middle High German kalben. By surface analysis, Kalb + -en.

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