üben

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈyːbən/ Hyphenation: üben === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German üeben, uoben, from Old High German uoben, from Proto-Germanic *ōbijaną (“to do, practice”). ==== Verb ==== üben (weak, third-person singular present übt, past tense übte, past participle geübt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to practice, to drill, to train (transitive) to exercise, to perform; used to form verbal phrases with certain behavior-describing nouns Wenn wir fortfahren, müssen wir Vorsicht üben. ― If we proceed, we must exercise caution. Kritik üben ― to criticize, to express criticism Rache üben ― to exact revenge, to take vangeance (reflexive) to practice [with in (+ dative) ‘(doing) an action’] Du solltest dich in Rechtschreibung üben. ― You should practice spelling. to practice (a virtue, trying to behave in a certain way) Sie übte sich in Bescheidenheit. ― She was being modest. sich in Geduld üben ― to (try to) be patient ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “üben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “üben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “üben” in OpenThesaurus.de Friedrich Kluge (1883), “üben”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 === Etymology 2 === Formed from über (“across”) by analogy to pairs like unter - unten, ober - oben. ==== Adverb ==== üben (rare, dialectal, Upper German, obsolete) over there, across, beyond, on the other side ===== Derived terms ===== darüben, drüben hüben === References ===