Meaning of indgifte | Babel Free

Definitions

to marry into, to enter through marriage

Examples

“Tyskerne have en egen gave til at indgifte sig i andre folk; indgiftede folk ere sjælden at lide på i folkelig henseende, særlig indgiftede tyskere.”

The Germans have a characteristic talent for marrying into other peoples; married-into people are rarely reliable in a public respect, especially married-into Germans.

“Det borgerskab, der kunne have repræsenteret et alternativ, overtog i stedet de aristokratiske værdier gennem godskøb og indgifte^([sic]) i adelen og lod sig politisk pacificere af Bismarcks nationale politik.”

That bourgeoisie that could have represented an alternative, instead adopted aristocratic values by purchasing estates and marrying into nobility and allowed themselves to be politically pacified by Bismarck's national policy.

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