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biergen
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Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German bergen, from Old High German bergan, from Proto-Germanic *berganą. Cognate with German bergen, Dutch bergen, Icelandic bjarga.
Verb
biergen (third-person singular present biergt, past participle gebiergt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to save, to rescue
Conjugation
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Etymology 2
From Middle High German bürgen, from Old High German burgōn. Cognate with German bürgen.
Verb
biergen (third-person singular present biergt, past participle gebiergt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to act as a guarantor
Conjugation
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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