paternity

Vaterschaft

Gesetzlich anerkannte Beziehung zwischen einem Vater und seinem Kind.

In einfachem Englisch: The legally recognized relationship between a father and his child.

• A DNA test confirmed his paternity.
• The court must establish paternity before ordering child support.
• He acknowledged paternity soon after the baby was born.

Synonyme: fatherhood

Gegenteile: maternity

Häufige Wendungen: paternity test, establish paternity, acknowledge paternity

Urheberschaft

Tatsache, ein Werk geschaffen zu haben, oder Recht, als dessen Schöpfer anerkannt zu werden.

In einfachem Englisch: The fact or right of being the person who created a piece of work.

• The poet claimed paternity of the verse.
• The contract protects the artist’s right of paternity.
• Scholars disputed the paternity of the unsigned essay.

So benutzt man es: paternity of something (She claimed paternity of the design.)

Synonyme: authorship

Häufige Wendungen: paternity of something, claim paternity, right of paternity