gebrechen

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See also: Gebrechen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gebrechen, from Old High German gibrehhan.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ge‧bre‧chen
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Verb

gebrechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present gebricht, past tense gebrach, past participle gebrochen, past subjunctive gebräche, auxiliary haben)

  1. to lack
    Synonyms: entbehren, entraten, ermangeln, mangeln, darben, fehlen, ledig sein, bar sein, abgehen, abwesend sein
    • 2023 May 1, Gehrlein, BeckOK BGB, 66th edition, § 421 Rn. 8:
      Als maßgebliche Elemente einer Gesamtschuld erachtet das Schrifttum in Einklang mit der Rechtsprechung zutreffend neben der wechselseitigen Tilgungswirkung die Gleichstufigkeit (Gleichrangigkeit) der Verbindlichkeiten. […] Einer Gleichstufigkeit gebricht es, wenn einem der Schuldner die Verpflichtung enger anhaftet und der weitere Schuldner lediglich das Ausfallrisiko des Gläubigers mindern, also der eine endgültig die Leistung erbringen und der andere lediglich daneben vorläufig eintreten soll.
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Usage notes

Constructed in various fashions:

  • nominative of that which is needed + dative of who needs
  • expletive es for impersonally use + genitive of the needed object
  • or expletive es for impersonally use + an of the needed object and dative of who needs

Conjugation

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