begehren

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German begërn, prefixed form of earlier gërn, from Old High German gërōn. Related to gern (“willingly, gladly”). Cognate with Luxembourgish begieren. More at English yearn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈɡeːʁən/, /bəˈɡeːʁn̩/ Rhymes: -eːʀən === Verb === begehren (weak, third-person singular present begehrt, past tense begehrte, past participle begehrt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to desire (transitive) to ask, to demand ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Begehren Begehrer Begehrung begehrend begehrt === Further reading === “begehren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “begehren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “begehren” in Duden online “begehren” in OpenThesaurus.de