empfangen.
to receive (e.g. a present, a guest)
Meaning & usage
to receive (e.g. a present, a guest)
to welcome; to greet; to receive cordially
to conceive; to become pregnant (with)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German enphāhen, from Old High German intvāhan, from Proto-Germanic *andfanhaną. Equivalent to emp- + fangen and further ent- + fangen. Cognate with Dutch ontvangen, Old Saxon antfāhan.
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