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die Niederkunft (old, legal)
   childbirth, childbearing, giving birth, delivery (of a baby),
parturition (med.)

Manchmal haben Arbeitnehmer Anspruch auf bezahlte Freistellung. Typische Fälle sind die eigene Hochzeit, die Niederkunft der Ehefrau oder Todesfälle naher Verwandter.
Employees sometimes have the right to paid leave. Typical cases are one’s own wedding, one’s wife giving birth, or the deaths of close relatives.

Related Words:
niederkommen (mit) to be delivered (of) (old, legal)
die Entbindung childbirth
die Geburt birth

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