bohren
German
    
    Etymology
    
From Old High German borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈboːrən/, [ˈboːʁən], [ˈboː.ɐn], [boːɐ̯n], [bɔɐ̯n]
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- Homophone: Born (monosyllabic with shortened vowel)
Verb
    
bohren (weak, third-person singular present bohrt, past tense bohrte, past participle gebohrt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of bohren (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | bohren | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | bohrend | ||||
| past participle | gebohrt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich bohre | wir bohren | i | ich bohre | wir bohren | 
| du bohrst | ihr bohrt | du bohrest | ihr bohret | ||
| er bohrt | sie bohren | er bohre | sie bohren | ||
| preterite | ich bohrte | wir bohrten | ii | ich bohrte1 | wir bohrten1 | 
| du bohrtest | ihr bohrtet | du bohrtest1 | ihr bohrtet1 | ||
| er bohrte | sie bohrten | er bohrte1 | sie bohrten1 | ||
| imperative | bohr (du) bohre (du) | bohrt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of bohren (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
    
Derived terms
- Bohrung
- Bohrer
- Bohrmaschine
- Bohrloch
- Bohrwerk
- in der Nase bohren
- dicker Bretter bohren
Related terms
    
- Geböhre n
Further reading
    
- “bohren” in Duden online
- “bohren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “bohren” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “bohren”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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