klieben
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Middle High German klieben, Old High German klioban, Proto-West Germanic *kleuban. Cognate to English cleave.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]klieben (weak or class 2 strong, third-person singular present kliebt, past tense kliebte or klob, past participle gekliebt or gekloben, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, informal, Austria, Southern Germany) to cleave
- Synonym: spalten
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | klieben | ||||
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present participle | kliebend | ||||
past participle | gekliebt gekloben | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kliebe | wir klieben | i | ich kliebe | wir klieben |
du kliebst | ihr kliebt | du kliebest | ihr kliebet | ||
er kliebt | sie klieben | er kliebe | sie klieben | ||
preterite | ich kliebte ich klob |
wir kliebten wir kloben |
ii | ich kliebte1 | wir kliebten1 |
du kliebtest du klobst |
ihr kliebtet ihr klobt |
du kliebtest1 | ihr kliebtet1 | ||
er kliebte er klob |
sie kliebten sie kloben |
er kliebte1 | sie kliebten1 | ||
imperative | klieb (du) kliebe (du) |
kliebt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “klieben” in Duden online
- “klieben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “klieben” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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