be born

English

Verb

be born (highly irregular; see conjugation table)

1. To come into existence through birth.

Conjugation

Conjugation of be born

infinitive	(to) be born
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	am born, 'm born	was born
2nd-person singular	are born, 're born	were born
3rd-person singular	is born, 's born	was born
plural	are born, 're born	were born
subjunctive	be born	were born
imperative	be born	—
participles	being born	been born

Derived terms

• be born last week
• be born yesterday

Translations

come into existence through birth

• Albanian: lind (sq)
• Arabic: وُلِدَ (ar) (wulida)

  Algerian Arabic: زاد (zad)

  Egyptian Arabic: اتولد (etwalad)

  Moroccan Arabic: زاد (zad)

  South Levantine Arabic: انولد (inwálad)

• Aragonese: naixer
• Armenian: ծնվել (hy) (cnvel)
• Aromanian: nascu, amintu
• Assamese: জগা (zoga), ওপজা (üpoza), জন্ম হোৱা (zonmo hüa)
• Azerbaijani: doğulmaq (az), anadan olmaq
• Bashkir: тыуыу (tıwıw)
• Basque: jaio
• Belarusian: раджа́цца impf (radžácca), радзі́цца pf (radzícca); нараджа́цца impf (naradžácca), нарадзі́цца pf (naradzícca)
• Bulgarian: ра́ждам се (bg) impf (ráždam se), родя́ се (bg) pf (rodjá se)
• Burmese: ဖွား (my) (hpwa:), မွေး (my) (mwe:)
• Buryat: түрэхэ (türexe)
• Catalan: néixer (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏕᎲᏍᎦ (adehvsga)
• Chickasaw: ala
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出生 (zh) (chūshēng), 出世 (zh) (chūshì)

• Czech: narodit se pf
• Danish: blive født
• Dolgan: төрөө (töröö)
• Dutch: geboren worden, ter wereld komen
• Erzya: чачомс (čačoms)
• Esperanto: naskiĝi
• Estonian: sündima
• Even: балда- (ʙalda-)
• Evenki: балды- (baldi-)
• Extremaduran: nacel
• Finnish: syntyä (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: nêtre
• French: naître (fr)
• Friulian: nassi, naši
• Galician: nacer (gl)
• Georgian: იბადება (ibadeba), დაიბადება (daibadeba), ჩნდება (čndeba), იშვება (išveba)
• German: geboren werden (de), zur Welt kommen, auf die Welt kommen, das Licht der Welt erblicken (de) (literary)
• Greek: γεννιέμαι (el) (genniémai)

  Ancient: γίγνομαι (gígnomai), φύω (phúō), ἐκλοχεύομαι (eklokheúomai), λοχεύομαι (lokheúomai), βλαστάνω (blastánō), γείνομαι (geínomai), τεκνόομαι (teknóomai)

• Greenlandic: inunngorpoq
• Guaraní: heñói
• Haitian Creole: fèt
• Hebrew: נוֹלַד (he) (nolád)
• Hindi: जन्म होना (janma honā), पैदा होना (paidā honā)
• Hungarian: születik (hu)
• Icelandic: fæðast
• Ido: naskar (io)
• Interlingua: nascer
• Italian: nascere (it), venire al mondo
• Japanese: 生まれる (ja) (うまれる, umareru)
• Kabyle: lal
• Kalmyk: төрх (törx)
• Kapampangan: misapwak
• Kazakh: туу (tuu), дүниеге келу (düniege kelu)
• Khmer: កើត (km) (kaət)
• Korean: 태어나다 (ko) (taeeonada)
• Kyrgyz: төрөлүү (ky) (törölüü)
• Ladin: nascer
• Lao: ເກີດ (lo) (kœ̄t)
• Latin: nāscor (la)
• Latvian: dzimt (lv), piedzimt
• Lithuanian: gimti (lt)
• Lombard: nass (lmo)
• Low German:

  German Low German: boren warrn, boren wesen, boren sien

• Macedonian: се роди pf (se rodi)
• Malay: lahir
• Manchu: ᠪᠠᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (banjimbi)
• Maore Comorian: udzalwa
• Maori: whānau (mi)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: шочаш (šočaš)

• Mongolian: төрөх (mn) (töröx)
• Nanai: балди- (balʒi-)
• Neapolitan: nasce
• Norman: naître
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bli født

• Occitan: nàisser (oc)
• Old Javanese: dadi
• Ossetian: райгуырын (rajg°yryn)
• Persian: به دنیا آمدن (be donyâ âmadan), زایاندن (fa) (zâyândan), زایانیدن (zâyânidan), متولد شدن (motavalled šodan)
• Piedmontese: nasse
• Polish: rodzić się impf, urodzić się pf
• Portuguese: nascer (pt)
• Quechua: yuriy
• Romanian: naște (ro)
• Romansch: nascher, nescher
• Russian: рожда́ться (ru) impf (roždátʹsja), роди́ться (ru) pf (rodítʹsja)
• Sardinian: naschere, naschíe
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: родити се pf

  Roman: roditi se (sh) pf

• Sicilian: nàsciri (scn)
• Slovak: narodiť se
• Slovene: roditi se (sl)
• Southern Altai: туулар (tuular)
• Spanish: nacer (es)
• Sranan Tongo: gebore
• Swedish: födas (sv)
• Tajik: ба дунё омадан (ba dunyo omadan), таваллуд шудан (tavallud šudan), таваллуд ёфтан (tavallud yoftan)
• Tamil: பிற (ta) (piṟa)
• Tatar: яралырга (yaralırga)
• Thai: เกิด (th) (gə̀ət)
• Tocharian B: täm-
• Turkish: doğmak (tr)
• Turkmen: dogulmak (tk)
• Ukrainian: наро́джуватися impf (naródžuvatysja), народи́тися pf (narodýtysja), роди́тися impf or pf (rodýtysja)
• Umbundu: okucita
• Urdu: دنیا میں آنا (duniyâ mẽ ânâ), پیدا ہونا (pâida honâ)
• Uyghur: تۇغۇلماق (tughulmaq)
• Uzbek: tugʻilmoq (uz)
• Venetian: nàsar, nàser
• Vietnamese: sinh (vi)
• Walloon: skepyî (wa), vini å monde (wa), nexhe (wa)
• Welsh: cael geni
• Wolof: juddu (wo)
• Yakut: төрөө (töröö)
• Yiddish: געבוירן ווערן (geboyrn vern)
• Záparo: útinu

See also

• beget
• give birth

Anagrams

• nobber