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erstgeboren

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German ērstegeborn, ēristgiboran, ērsteborn, from Old High German ēristboran, eristeborn, from Proto-West Germanic *airist + *boran, *gaboran. By surface analysis, erst +‎ geboren. Cognate with Dutch eerstgeboren.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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erstgeboren (strong nominative masculine singular erstgeborener, not comparable)

  1. firstborn

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • erstgeboren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • erstgeboren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon