gebühren
Meaning
- to be due, to be owed, to rightfully belong
- to be proper, seemly
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ge‧büh‧ren
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɡəˈbyːʁən]
Etymology
From Middle High German gebürn, from Old High German giburien, giburren (first attested around 800), from Proto-West Germanic *gaburjan, from Proto-Germanic *gaburjaną. Compare Dutch gebeuren, from Old Dutch geburien (“to happen, occur”). See also Old Saxon giburian, Old English gebyrian, Old Norse byrja
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