töoran

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Old High German turran, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną (“to dare”). Cognate with archaic German thüren, English dare.

Verb

töoran (irregular) (Sette Comuni, auxiliary)

1. to dare to

   Ich töar net tüunan des.

   I can't dare to do that.

2. to have to

   De töarst net prèchtan azò.

   You don't have to talk like that.

References

• “töoran” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo