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German
Etymology
From Old High German impfōn (impitōn), from Proto-West Germanic *impōn, from Vulgar Latin *imputō (“to graft”) (unrelated to imputō (“I reckon, attribute”)), from Ancient Greek ἔμφυτος (émphutos, “planted”). Compare English imp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: imp‧fen
Verb
impfen (weak, third-person singular present impft, past tense impfte, past participle geimpft, auxiliary haben)
- to inoculate
- to vaccinate
- 2005, Frank H. Mader, Herbert Weißgerber, Allgemeinmedizin und Praxis. Anleitung in Diagnostik und Therapie, Springer Verlag (publ., 5 revised ed., original ed. from 1993), page 438.
Frühgeburtlichkeit: Frühgeborene sollten unabhängig von ihrem Reifealter und aktuellem Gewicht entsprechend dem empfohlenen Impfalter geimpft werden.- Premature births: Prematurely born children should be vaccinated in accordance with the recommended age of vaccination, irrespective of their maturity or current weight.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
impfen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
impfen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “impfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “impfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “impfen” in Duden online
- “impfen” in OpenThesaurus.de