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German
Etymology
Deverbal from beischlafen. Compare Yiddish בײַשלאָף (bayshlof), Alemannic German Bischlof, Dutch bijslaap.
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Noun
Beischlaf m (strong, genitive Beischlafes or Beischlafs, no plural)
- (officialese) sexual intercourse
- Synonyms: Geschlechtsverkehr, Koitus, Kopulation; see also Thesaurus:Sex
1914 [1900], Sigmund Freud, Die Traumdeutung [The Interpretation of Dreams], 4th edition, Leipzig, Wien: Franz Deuticke, page 398:Thyri bittet ihren Gatten Gormo in der Hochzeitsnacht inständig, sich während dreier Nächte des Beischlafes zu enthalten; sie werde sich ihm nicht zu eigen geben, bevor er im Schlafe ein Zeichen erhalten hätte, daß ihre Ehe fruchtbar sein werde.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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