gebühren

Meaning

  1. to be due, to be owed, to rightfully belong
  2. to be proper, seemly

Frequency

C2
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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