Morgengabe
German
Etymology
From Middle High German morgengābe, from Old High German morgangeba, Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō, equivalent to Morgen (“morning”) + Gabe (“gift”).
Noun
Morgengabe f (genitive Morgengabe, plural Morgengaben)
- morning gift (the gift given by the bridegroom to the bride on the morning after the wedding night)
Declension
Categories:
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German compound terms
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns