Schwangerschaftsabbruch

German

Etymology

Schwangerschaft (“pregnancy”) +‎ Abbruch (“breaking off, cancelation, discontinuation”)

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Noun

Schwangerschaftsabbruch m (genitive Schwangerschaftsabbruchs or Schwangerschaftsabbruches, plural Schwangerschaftsabbrüche)

(originally euphemistic) induced abortion

Synonyms

Abtreibung (the older and still commoner term)

Further reading

Schwangerschaftsabbruch in Duden online

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