An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/darben

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry darben. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2632796An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D — darbenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ darben, verb, ‘to suffix want, famish,’ from Middle High German darben, Old High German darbên, ‘to dispense with, be deficient’; corresponds to Gothic gaþarban, ‘to abstain from’; Anglo-Saxon þearfan, ‘to be in need of.’ The verb is derived from the same root (þerf) as dürfen ​which see; its primary meaning is ‘to be in need of.’

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