bohren

== German == === Etymology === From Old High German borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboːrən/, [ˈboːʁən], [ˈboː.ɐn], [boːɐ̯n], [bɔɐ̯n] Homophone: Born (monosyllabic with shortened vowel) === Verb === bohren (weak, third-person singular present bohrt, past tense bohrte, past participle gebohrt, auxiliary haben) to bore, to drill to pry (keep asking) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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