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laben
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See also: læben
German
Etymology
From Middle High German laben, from Old High German labōn, from Proto-West Germanic *labōn.
Pronunciation
Verb
laben (weak, third-person singular present labt, past tense labte, past participle gelabt, auxiliary haben) (formal, chiefly reflexive)
- (transitive) to refresh someone with, to enliven by exposing to [with mit (+ dative) ‘with’]
- 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend / Über Wald und grünen Wiesen; / Goldner Mond, im blauen Himmel, / Strahlt herunter, duftig labend.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive) to feast [with an (+ dative) ‘on’]
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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