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begehren

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German begërn, prefixed form of earlier gërn, from Old High German gërōn. Related to gern (“willingly, gladly”). Cognate with Luxembourgish begieren. More at English yearn.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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begehren (weak, third-person singular present begehrt, past tense begehrte, past participle begehrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to desire
  2. (transitive) to ask, to demand

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “begehren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “begehren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “begehren” in Duden online
  • “begehren” in OpenThesaurus.de