impfen

German

FWOTD – 1 January 2021

Etymology

From Old High German impfōn (impitōn), from Proto-West Germanic *impōn, from Vulgar Latin *imputō (to graft) (unrelated to imputō (I reckon, attribute)), from Ancient Greek ἔμφυτος (émphutos, planted). Compare English imp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔɪmpfɱ̩]
  • Hyphenation: imp‧fen
  • (file)

Verb

impfen (weak, third-person singular present impft, past tense impfte, past participle geimpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to inoculate
  2. to vaccinate
    • 2005, Frank H. Mader, Herbert Weißgerber, Allgemeinmedizin und Praxis. Anleitung in Diagnostik und Therapie, Springer Verlag (publ., 5 revised ed., original ed. from 1993), page 438.
      Frühgeburtlichkeit: Frühgeborene sollten unabhängig von ihrem Reifealter und aktuellem Gewicht entsprechend dem empfohlenen Impfalter geimpft werden.
      Premature births: Prematurely born children should be vaccinated in accordance with the recommended age of vaccination, irrespective of their maturity or current weight.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • impfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • impfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • impfen” in Duden online
  • impfen” in OpenThesaurus.de
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.