ontberen

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) to lack (to not have)
  2. (archaic, intransitive) to lack (to be missing, to be absent)

Sinonieme

gebrek hebben

niet habben

afwezig zijn

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˌɔntˈbeː.rə(n)/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle Dutch ontbēren, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear”). Equivalent to ont- + beren, see also baren.

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