gerben

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gerben, gerwen, garwen, from Old High German garawen, from Proto-West Germanic *garwijan. Related with gar (“cooked, ready”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɛʁbən/, [ˈɡɛɐ̯bm̩] Hyphenation: ger‧ben === Verb === gerben (weak, third-person singular present gerbt, past tense gerbte, past participle gegerbt, auxiliary haben) to tan (prepare hide) (dated) to beat, spank, tan (obsolete, vulgar) to fuck (have sexual intercourse with) (obsolete) to crush and decorticate grains ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Gerber === Further reading === “gerben” in Duden online “gerben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache gerben on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de