געבן

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German geben, from Old High German geban, from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (YIVO, Litvish) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ.bn̩/, [ˈɡɛ.bm̩]
  • (Poylish-Galitzish) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪ̯.bn̩/, [ˈɡeɪ̯.bm̩]

Verb[edit]

געבן (gebn) (past participle געגעבן (gegebn))

  1. to give
  2. (impersonal, transitive) there is (indicates that something exists)

Conjugation[edit]