gebühren
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gebürn, from Old High German giburien, giburren (first attested around 800),[1] from Proto-West Germanic *gaburjan, from Proto-Germanic *gaburjaną.
Compare Dutch gebeuren, from Old Dutch geburien (“to happen, occur”). See also Old Saxon giburian, Old English gebyrian, Old Norse byrja
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]gebühren (weak, third-person singular present gebührt, past tense gebührte, past participle gebührt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, higher register) to be due, to be owed, to rightfully belong [with dative ‘to something’]
- (reflexive, archaic) to be proper, seemly
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | gebühren | ||||
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present participle | gebührend | ||||
past participle | gebührt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich gebühre | wir gebühren | i | ich gebühre | wir gebühren |
du gebührst | ihr gebührt | du gebührest | ihr gebühret | ||
er gebührt | sie gebühren | er gebühre | sie gebühren | ||
preterite | ich gebührte | wir gebührten | ii | ich gebührte1 | wir gebührten1 |
du gebührtest | ihr gebührtet | du gebührtest1 | ihr gebührtet1 | ||
er gebührte | sie gebührten | er gebührte1 | sie gebührten1 | ||
imperative | gebühr (du) gebühre (du) |
gebührt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Etymologie gebühren Vb., dwds.de
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