geben

Signification

(class-5,ditransitive,strong) to give (changing ownership)
(class-5,ditransitive,strong) to hand, to pass, to put within reach
(class-5,impersonal,strong,transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there is/are or there exist(s)
(class-5,ditransitive,strong,transitive) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign)
(class-5,strong,transitive) to present; to put
(class-5,strong,transitive) to result in
(class-5,strong,uncommon) to think

Fréquence

Coupé comme

ge‧ben

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ɡeːb(ə)n]

Étymologie

From Middle High German geben, from Old High German geban, from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-. Akin to Middle Low German gēven, Low German geven, Dutch geven, Middle Dutch ghēven, English give (obsolete yive), Old English giefan, Swedish giva, ge, Danish give, Old Saxon geҍan, Old Norse gefa, Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (giban). Further Indo-European cognates: Latin habeō, Polish gabać and possibly Albanian jap