gerben
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German gerben, gerwen, garwen, from Old High German garawen, from Proto-West Germanic *garwijan. Related with gar (“cooked, ready”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgerben (weak, third-person singular present gerbt, past tense gerbte, past participle gegerbt, auxiliary haben)
- to tan (prepare hide)
- (dated) to beat, spank, tan
- (obsolete, vulgar) to fuck (have sexual intercourse with)
- (obsolete) to crush and decorticate grains
Conjugation
editinfinitive | gerben | ||||
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present participle | gerbend | ||||
past participle | gegerbt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich gerbe | wir gerben | i | ich gerbe | wir gerben |
du gerbst | ihr gerbt | du gerbest | ihr gerbet | ||
er gerbt | sie gerben | er gerbe | sie gerben | ||
preterite | ich gerbte | wir gerbten | ii | ich gerbte1 | wir gerbten1 |
du gerbtest | ihr gerbtet | du gerbtest1 | ihr gerbtet1 | ||
er gerbte | sie gerbten | er gerbte1 | sie gerbten1 | ||
imperative | gerb (du) gerbe (du) |
gerbt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “gerben” in Duden online
- “gerben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- gerben on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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