bohren
German
Etymology
From Old High German borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboːrən/, [ˈboːʁən], [ˈboː.ɐn], [boːɐ̯n], [bɔɐ̯n]
Audio (file) - Homophone: Born (monosyllabic with shortened vowel)
Verb
bohren (weak, third-person singular present bohrt, past tense bohrte, past participle gebohrt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | bohren | ||||
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present participle | bohrend | ||||
past participle | gebohrt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bohre | wir bohren | i | ich bohre | wir bohren |
du bohrst | ihr bohrt | du bohrest | ihr bohret | ||
er bohrt | sie bohren | er bohre | sie bohren | ||
preterite | ich bohrte | wir bohrten | ii | ich bohrte1 | wir bohrten1 |
du bohrtest | ihr bohrtet | du bohrtest1 | ihr bohrtet1 | ||
er bohrte | sie bohrten | er bohrte1 | sie bohrten1 | ||
imperative | bohr (du) bohre (du) |
bohrt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Bohrung
- Bohrer
- Bohrmaschine
- Bohrloch
- Bohrwerk
- in der Nase bohren
- dicker Bretter bohren
Related terms
- Geböhre n
Further reading
- “bohren” in Duden online
- “bohren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “bohren” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “bohren”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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