Hebamme

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hebamme (15th century), heveamme (13 ct.), from Old High German hevanna (“midwife”), later altered to Hebamme to resemble Amme (“wet nurse”) (amme). This development is still reflected in modern German, inasmuch as the word can either be pronounced as a compound ("Heb-Amme") or as one word ("Hebamme"). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈheːpˌʔamə/, /ˈheːˌbamə/ === Noun === Hebamme f (genitive Hebamme, plural Hebammen) midwife (accoucheuse) 1851, Medizinische Neuigkeiten, ein Intelligenz-Blatt für praktische Ärzte. Erster Jahrgang, Verlag von J. J. Palm und Ernst Enke (publisher), Erlangen, p. 189: ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (female midwife): Entbindungspflegerin Frau Storch Wehfrau Wehmutter weibliche Hebamme (“female midwife”) weise Frau (male midwife): männliche Hebamme (“male midwife, midhusband, man-midwife, accoucheur”) === Further reading === “Hebamme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Hebamme” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Hebamme” in Duden online