gebieten

See also: Gebieten

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German gibiotan, equivalent to ge- +‎ bieten. Cognate with Old English ġebēodan, Old Saxon gibiodan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈbiːtn̩/
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Verb

gebieten (class 2 strong, third-person singular present gebietet, past tense gebot, past participle geboten, past subjunctive geböte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, formal) to demand
    • 1906, Hermann Hesse, Unterm Rad [Beneath the Wheel]‎, Berlin: S. Fischer:
      „Stille!“ gebot der Ephorus, und die Schüler saßen regungslos in den Bänken und sahen ihn erwartungsvoll an.
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  2. (transitive, formal) to command

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  • In early modern German, the 2nd and 3rd persons singular present and the imperative singular were alternatively du gebeutst, er gebeut, gebeut!

Further reading
  • “gebieten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “gebieten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “gebieten” in Duden online
  • “gebieten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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