gehören

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gehœren (“listen to, obey”), from Old High German gihōrian (“to hearken to”), from Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *gahauzijaną (compare Old English ġehīeran, Old Saxon gihōrian, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gahausjan)). By surface analysis, ge- +‎ hören. Compare with English hear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈhøːʁən/, /ɡəˈhøːɐ̯n/ Hyphenation: ge‧hö‧ren Rhymes: -øːʀən, -øːʁən === Verb === gehören (weak, third-person singular present gehört, past tense gehörte, past participle gehört, auxiliary haben) to belong to, be the property of [with dative ‘someone/something’] to be a prerequisite for; to be a characteristic of [with zu ‘something’] to belong to, be a part of [with zu ‘something’] (reflexive) to be proper (auxiliary) ought to be [with past participle]; occasionally used to form a modal passive ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “gehören” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “gehören” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “gehören” in Duden online “gehören” in OpenThesaurus.de