begatten

From Middle High German begaten (“to reach, meet, join”), from Old High German bigatōn. Equivalent to be- +‎ Gatte (“spouse”, originally “companion”) +‎ -en. The modern sense of the verb (17th c.) follows the semantic development of the noun. Not related with English beget.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɡatən/
• Hyphenation: be‧gat‧ten

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begatten (weak, third-person singular present begattet, past tense begattete, past participle begattet, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive, of a male animal) to mate [+accusative = with]

   Synonyms: bespringen, decken

2. (reflexive, of animals) to copulate

   Synonym: sich paaren

• Sometimes used of humans, but this is deliberately coarse or flippant.

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