Translations for „couvade“ in the English » German Dictionary

couvade N

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couvade (childbirth rite)

Couvade f

couvade (childbirth rite)

Männerkindbett nt

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This ritual almost certainly originated as a couvade, designed to collectively relieve the extreme stress this particular social group was forced to live under.

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The condition, technically known as couvade syndrome, finds males vicariously sharing their female partners' pregnancy symptoms -- such as nausea, backache, increased appetite, and food cravings.

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At this stage of scientific and technological revolution, not even a man in the throes of the so-called couvade syndrome can genuinely develop a pregnancy bulge.

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