entbehren

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German enbern, from Old High German inberan. Equivalent to the prefix ent- +‎ *behren, an obsolete verb ultimately from the root of gebären (“to give birth”). Cognate with Luxembourgish entbieren, Dutch ontberen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛntˈbeːʁən/ Rhymes: -eːʀən === Verb === entbehren (weak, third-person singular present entbehrt, past tense entbehrte, past participle entbehrt, auxiliary haben) to do without, to dispense with to be deprived of to be without, to lack, to miss [with genitive ‘someone/something’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== ermangeln entraten entsagen === Further reading === “entbehren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “entbehren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “entbehren” in Duden online “entbehren” in OpenThesaurus.de