Vaterschaft

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vaterschaft, faterschaft, equivalent to Vater (“father”) +‎ -schaft (“-ship, -hood”). Compare English fathership. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaːtɐʃaft/ === Noun === Vaterschaft f (genitive Vaterschaft, plural Vaterschaften) (plural seldom) fatherhood, paternity (state of being the father) Synonym: (dated) Paternität ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Vaterschaft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Vaterschaft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Vaterschaft” in Duden online Vaterschaft on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de