| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry begehren. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
begehren, verb, ‘to desire, crave, request, from the equivalent Middle High German begërn, chiefly in the simple form gërn, Old High German gërôn; the r probably belongs to the stem, because gern as a no-participle points in that direction; compare gern, Gier.