herrschen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hērschen, hērsen, from Old High German hērrisōn, hērisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hairisōn (“to be strong, dominate”); ultimately from the root of hehr (“holy, sublime”), with the first element remodelled after Herr already during MHG; cf. the same development in herrlich and Herrschaft. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛʁʃən/, [ˈhɛɐ̯ʃn̩], [ˈhɛɐ̯ʃən], [ˈhɛʁʃn̩] Hyphenation: herr‧schen === Verb === herrschen (weak, third-person singular present herrscht, past tense herrschte, past participle geherrscht, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to rule, to reign, to have dominion [with über (+ accusative) ‘over something’] to exist, to be going on (of noticeable large-scale conditions or sentiments) Synonym: (for countable nouns) es gibt ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Herr hehr === Further reading === “herrschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “herrschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “herrschen” in Duden online “herrschen” in OpenThesaurus.de