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üben.

to practice, to drill, to train

4 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈyːbən/
  1. to practice, to drill, to train

    transitive · weak
    Meine Tochter übt Klavier.
    Du musst mehr üben, sonst wirst du nie besser.
  2. to exercise, to perform; used to form verbal phrases with certain behavior-describing nouns

    transitive · weak
    Wenn wir fortfahren, müssen wir Vorsicht üben.
    Kritik üben
  3. to practice

    reflexive · weak
    Du solltest dich in Rechtschreibung üben.
  4. to practice to practice (a virtue, trying to behave in a certain way)

    reflexive · weak
    Sie übte sich in Bescheidenheit.
    sich in Geduld üben
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German üeben, uoben, from Old High German uoben, from Proto-Germanic *ōbijaną (“to do, practice”).

adv/ˈyːbən/
  1. over there, across, beyond, on the other side

    Upper-German · dialectal · obsolete · rare
Where this word comes from

Formed from über (“across”) by analogy to pairs like unter - unten, ober - oben.

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