empfangen

See also: Empfängen

German

Etymology

emp- + fangen. Diachronically, it derives from Old High German intfahan, from Germanic. Cognate with obsolete English onfang, Old Saxon antfahan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmˈpfaŋən/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋn̩

Verb

empfangen (class 7 strong, third-person singular simple present empfängt, past tense empfing, past participle empfangen, past subjunctive empfinge, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to receive
  2. (transitive) to greet; to welcome
  3. (transitive or intransitive, biology) to conceive; to become pregnant (with)

Conjugation

See also

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.