Kebse

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German

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Etymology

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18th-century learned borrowing from Middle High German kebse, kebese, from Old High German kebisa, chebisa, from Proto-West Germanic *kabisi, from Proto-Germanic *kabisjō (concubine). Only the compounds Kebsweib and Kebskind were inherited. Cognate with Dutch kēves, Old English ċiefes.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkeːpsə/
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Noun

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Kebse f (genitive Kebse, plural Kebsen)

  1. (dated) concubine
    Synonyms: Konkubine, Mätresse, Beischläferin, Kebsweib
    • 1987, Karlheinz Deschner, Opus Diaboli. Fünfzehn unversöhnliche Essays über die Arbeit im Weinberg des Herrn, Reinbek: Rowohlt, pages 93–94:
      Trotz strikten Verbots erlaubten Bischöfe haufenweise ihren Priestern Kebsen für einen «Hurenzins», den man sogar von den unbeweibten verlangte, ja, von diesen – in Norwegen und Island – doppelt.
      In spite of strict prohibition bishops granted their priests paramours for a “whore levy”, which one even demanded from the womanless, or even – in Norway and Iceland – twice.

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