empfahen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German enphāhen, from Old High German intvāhan, from Proto-Germanic *andfanhaną. Doublet of empfangen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmˈp͡faːən/
  • Hyphenation: emp‧fa‧hen

Verb

empfahen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present empfäht, past tense empfing, past participle empfangen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (archaic, transitive) to receive
    • 1793, Johann Heinrich Voß, Ilias [Iliad]‎, Insel Verlag, published 1990, →ISBN, lines 1:17-21:
      Atreus Söhn', und ihr andern, ihr hellumschienten Achaier, / Euch verleihn die Götter, olympischer Höhen Bewohner, /Priamos Stadt zu vertilgen, und wohl nach Hause zu kehren; / Doch mir gebt die Tochter zurück, und empfahet die Lösung, / Ehrfurchtsvoll vor Zeus ferntreffendem Sohn Apollon.
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Further reading

  • empfahen” in Duden online
  • empfahen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache