werben
German
Etymology
From Middle High German werben, from Old High German werban, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban. Cognate with Dutch werven (“to recruit”), English wharve (“to turn”) Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wer‧ben
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛʁbən/, [ˈvɛʁbm̩]
Verb
werben (class 3 strong, third-person singular present wirbt, past tense warb, past participle geworben, past subjunctive würbe, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
Conjugation of werben (class 3 strong, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | werben | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | werbend | ||||
| past participle | geworben | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich werbe | wir werben | i | ich werbe | wir werben |
| du wirbst | ihr werbt | du werbest | ihr werbet | ||
| er wirbt | sie werben | er werbe | sie werben | ||
| preterite | ich warb | wir warben | ii | ich würbe1 | wir würben1 |
| du warbst | ihr warbt | du würbest1 du würbst1 |
ihr würbet1 ihr würbt1 | ||
| er warb | sie warben | er würbe1 | sie würben1 | ||
| imperative | wirb (du) | werbt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of werben (class 3 strong, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Polish: werbować
- → Belarusian: вербава́ць (vjerbavácʹ, “to recruit; to enlist”)
- → Russian: вербова́ть (verbovátʹ, “to recruit; to enlist”)
- → Ukrainian: вербува́ти (verbuváty, “to recruit; to enlist”)
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