durfen

See also: dürfen

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German durfan, from Proto-West Germanic *þurban.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈdʊrfən/

Verb

durfen or dürfen (preterite-present, third-person singular present darf, past tense dorfte, no past participle, past subjunctive dörfte or dorfte, auxiliary hān)

  1. to need

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: törfe
  • Central Franconian: dürve, durfe, dearfe
    • Luxembourgish: däerfen, duerfen, dierfen
  • German: dürfen
  • Yiddish: דאַרפֿן (darfn)