laben
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See also: læben
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German laben, from Old High German labōn, from Proto-West Germanic *labōn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]laben (weak, third-person singular present labt, past tense labte, past participle gelabt, auxiliary haben) (formal, chiefly reflexive)
- (transitive) to refresh someone with, to enliven by exposing to [with mit (+ dative) ‘with’]
- 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs][1], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend / Über Wald und grünen Wiesen; / Goldner Mond, im blauen Himmel, / Strahlt herunter, duftig labend.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive) to feast [with an (+ dative) ‘on’]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | laben | ||||
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present participle | labend | ||||
past participle | gelabt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich labe | wir laben | i | ich labe | wir laben |
du labst | ihr labt | du labest | ihr labet | ||
er labt | sie laben | er labe | sie laben | ||
preterite | ich labte | wir labten | ii | ich labte1 | wir labten1 |
du labtest | ihr labtet | du labtest1 | ihr labtet1 | ||
er labte | sie labten | er labte1 | sie labten1 | ||
imperative | lab (du) labe (du) |
labt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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