gebieten

See also: Gebieten

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gebieten, 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive, formal) to command

Conjugation

  • 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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