See also: Jahren

German edit

Etymology edit

From Jahr (year) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛːʁən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈjeːʁən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: jäh‧ren

Verb edit

jähren (weak, third-person singular present jährt, past tense jährte, past participle gejährt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to become one year old(er); to complete a year (or a specified number of years)
    sich zum zehnten Mal jährento mark the tenth anniversary
    • 1982, Hajime Nakamura, translated by Siegfried Schultz, Ansätze modernen Denkens in den Religionen Japans:
      Im Jahre 1811 jährte sich zum 550. Male der Todestag Shinrans.
      The 550th anniversary of Shinran's death occurred in the year 1811.
    • 2002, Solveig Ockenfuß, Glück auf Teufel komm raus, →ISBN, page 31:
      Eddas Todestag jährt sich heute zum dritten Mal.
      Edda died three years ago today.
      (literally, “Edda's deathday became a year older today for the third time.”)

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Further reading edit

  • jähren” in Duden online
  • jähren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache