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behagen.

to be to (someone's) liking

7 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/bəˈhaːɡn̩/Germany/b̥eˈhaːɡn̩/Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland
  1. to be to (someone's) liking

    literary · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German behagen, related to Old High German gihagin (“cherished”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bihagōną, from *hagō-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (“to be able”), see also Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬐- (sak-, “to agree”). Cognates include Dutch behagen, Old Saxon bihagon and Old English gehagian.

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