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Abstammung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • birth noun The event of being born; the moment a baby or animal comes into the world.
  • descent noun The act of coming down from a higher place, or a downward slope or path.
  • extraction noun The act or process of removing or drawing something out.
  • genealogy noun A person's or family's line of descent traced back through their ancestors.
  • lineage noun A line of descent traced from an ancestor; a family's ancestry or a sequence of generations.
  • stock noun The goods a shop or business keeps available to sell.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.

Senses

Abstammung is used for these senses in English:

  • birth (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
  • descent Lineage or hereditary derivation.
  • extraction A person's origin or ancestry.
  • genealogy (countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
  • lineage Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  • stock (by extension) Lineage; family; ancestry.
  • strain (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.

birth — full definition

  1. noun The event of being born; the moment a baby or animal comes into the world.
  2. noun The start or origin of something.
  3. verb To give birth to, or to bring something into existence.

descent — full definition

  1. noun The act of coming down from a higher place, or a downward slope or path.
  2. noun A person's family origins or ancestry.
  3. noun A drop into a worse state or condition.

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