Geboren

Geboren is the past participle of the German verb gebären, meaning to bear or to give birth. In everyday language it is used to express that someone was born, or to describe birth information in biographical contexts. The form is typically used with auxiliary verbs such as sein or haben, depending on the construction. For example, to state a person’s birth in a sentence: Er wurde 1980 geboren. Sie ist am 3. März 1990 geboren. In the sense of a completed event or a passive construction, the participle gebo ren also appears in phrases like Ich bin geboren, meaning “I am born” or more naturally “I was born” in the past.

In German biographies and genealogical notes, Geboren (often capitalized as a heading in infoboxes) is used to introduce birth details. Common formats include Geboren am [date] and Geboren in [place], for instance Geboren am 12. Juli 1975 or Geboren in Hamburg. The capitalization in headings reflects standard German noun capitalization, even though the underlying form geboren is a past participle.

Etymology and form: geboren is derived from gebären, the verb meaning to bear or to give birth, with the ge- prefixed to form the past participle. The participle can function as part of perfect tenses with haben (Ich habe ein Kind geboren) or as a predicate with sein in intransitive birth expressions (Ich bin geboren). The word is primarily used to denote birth dates and places, and it is not generally used as an independent noun except in specialized headings or forms.

See also: Geburt, Geburtsdatum, Geburtsort.