Talk:dürfen

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Meinestu aber / das deine Weissagung gewis ist / so darffstu nicht erschrecken noch erblassen. Judith 6:4

What is this use of dürfen from the Luther bible? Is this archaic? here it seems to mean don't need to, instead of don't have permission to. 173.202.207.152 12:05, 18 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

No, it means 'you're not allowed to'. Korn [kʰũːɘ̃n] (talk) 17:25, 18 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Like in https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C3%B6nnen#German "past participle" has two forms. Second form should br dürfen As an auxiliary verb.

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