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ahnen
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German anen, from Old High German *anōn, from Proto-West Germanic *anōn, from *ana (“on”, preposition), from Proto-Germanic *an (“on”).
Cognate with Middle Low German ānen (whence German Low German ahnen (“to suspect, guess”)), dialectal Dutch anen (“to conjecture, tell, calculate”), Saterland Frisian oanje (“to suspect, guess”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ahnen (weak, third-person singular present ahnt, past tense ahnte, past participle geahnt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to suspect, guess
- Sag ihr die Wahrheit, da sie bereits etwas ahnt.
- Tell her the truth since she already suspects something.
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Ahnen n
- Ahnung f
- vorausahnen
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Luxembourgish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
ahnen (third-person singular present ahnt, past participle geahnt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to guess
Conjugation
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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