gebrechen
- (class-4, strong) to lack, to be needed
- (class-4, impersonal, strong) for there to be a lack [with dative ‘to someone/something’, along with genitive or an (+ dative) ‘of something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack or need with the dative object as the subject)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɡəˈbʁɛçn̩]
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German gebrechen, from Old High German gibrehhan.
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