What is the word in these baptismal records?

JBrodzik

Please see the attached page of baptismal records from Mecklenburg-Schwerin. There is a word in front of the mother's name if her child is illegitimate, but I can't figure out what it says. It looks like "Unbegebene," but that word isn't in my dictionary.

Thanks!

Ulrich Neitzel

@JBrodzik

"unbegebene" is correct; it is an old word for "unverehelichte" or "unverheiratete", i.e., unmarried (woman). It was particularly common in Mecklenburg.

JBrodzik

@Ulrich Neitzel

Thank you so much. I figured it had to mean something like that!