entbehren
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German enbern, from Old High German inberan. Equivalent to the prefix ent- + *behren, an obsolete verb ultimately from the root of gebären (“to give birth”). Cognate with Luxembourgish entbieren, Dutch ontberen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editentbehren (weak, third-person singular present entbehrt, past tense entbehrte, past participle entbehrt, auxiliary haben)
- to do without, to dispense with
- to be deprived of
- to be without, to lack, to miss [with genitive ‘someone/something’]
Conjugation
editinfinitive | entbehren | ||||
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present participle | entbehrend | ||||
past participle | entbehrt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich entbehre | wir entbehren | i | ich entbehre | wir entbehren |
du entbehrst | ihr entbehrt | du entbehrest | ihr entbehret | ||
er entbehrt | sie entbehren | er entbehre | sie entbehren | ||
preterite | ich entbehrte | wir entbehrten | ii | ich entbehrte1 | wir entbehrten1 |
du entbehrtest | ihr entbehrtet | du entbehrtest1 | ihr entbehrtet1 | ||
er entbehrte | sie entbehrten | er entbehrte1 | sie entbehrten1 | ||
imperative | entbehr (du) entbehre (du) |
entbehrt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
editFurther reading
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- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms prefixed with ent-
- German 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:German/eːʀən
- Rhymes:German/eːʀən/3 syllables
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