*þurbaną

Runic: ᚦᚢᚱᛒᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈθur.βɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Preterite-present

Meanings

  1. to need, to require
  2. to have to

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tetórpe, from *terp- (‘to satiate’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularþarfþurbį̄–
2nd singularþarftþurbīz–
3rd singularþarfþurbī–
1st dualþurbūþurbīw–
2nd dualþurbudizþurbīdiz–
1st pluralþurbumþurbīm–
2nd pluralþurbudþurbīd–
3rd pluralþurbunþurbīn–

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singular––
2nd singular––
3rd singular––
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st plural––
2nd plural––
3rd plural––

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularþurftǭþurftēdį̄
2nd singularþurftēzþurftēdīz
3rd singularþurftēþurftēdī
1st dualþurftēdūþurftēdīw
2nd dualþurftēdudizþurftēdīdiz
1st pluralþurftēdumþurftēdīm
2nd pluralþurftēdudþurftēdīd
3rd pluralþurftēdunþurftēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
þurbaną þurbandz þurftaz

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Descendants

  • *þurban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • thurvan (Old Dutch)
      • dorven (Middle Dutch)
        • dörve (Limburgish)
  • *þurban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • thurvan (Old Dutch)
      • dorven (Middle Dutch)
        • durven (Dutch)
          • durf (Afrikaans)
          • durref (Javindo)
          • derv, dėfo (Negerhollands)
          • dùrf (Papiamentu)
  • *þurban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • þurfan (Old English)
      • tharen (Middle English)
        • thar (Middle Scots)
          • thair (Scots)
  • *þurban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • durfan (Old High German)
      • durfen, dürfen (Middle High German)
        • törfe (Alemannic German)
        • דאַרפֿן (darfn) (Yiddish)
  • *þurban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • durfan (Old High German)
      • durfen, dürfen (Middle High German)
        • dürve, durfe, dearfe (Central Franconian)
          • däerfen, duerfen, dierfen (Luxembourgish)
  • *þurban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • durfan (Old High German)
      • durfen, dürfen (Middle High German)
        • dürfen (German)
          • darfar (Ido)
  • *þurban (Proto-West Germanic)
    • thurvan, thurƀan (Old Saxon)
      • dürven, dörven, dröven (Middle Low German)
        • dürven, dörven, dröven, dröffen (Low German)
  • þurfa (Old Norse)
    • tørva, tarva (Faroese)
    • þurfa (Icelandic)
    • turve (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • turva (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • þurfa (Old Norse)
    • thæruæ (Old Danish)
      • tarve (Danish)
  • þurfa (Old Norse)
    • þorva, þarva (Old Swedish)
      • tarva (Swedish)
      • torva (Swedish)
  • 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 (þaurban) (Gothic)

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