ontberen

From Middle Dutch ontbēren, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear”). Equivalent to ont- +‎ beren, see also baren.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔntˈbeː.rə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ont‧be‧ren
• Rhymes: -eːrən

ontberen

1. (transitive) to lack (to not have)
2. (intransitive, archaic) to lack (to be missing, to be absent)

• ontbering

From Old Dutch *antberan. Equivalent to ont- +‎ beren (“to bear, carry”).

ontbēren

1. to avoid doing
2. to neglect, to put aside
3. to lack

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: ontberen

• “ontberen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ontberen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN