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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

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaːnən/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

ahnen (weak, third-person singular present ahnt, past tense ahnte, past participle geahnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to suspect, guess
    Sag ihr die Wahrheit, da sie bereits etwas ahnt.
    Tell her the truth since she already suspects something.

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • ahnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ahnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ahnen” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • ahnen” in Duden online
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Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from German ahnen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːnen/, [ˈaːnən]

Verb

ahnen (third-person singular present ahnt, past participle geahnt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to guess

Conjugation

More information infinitive, participle ...

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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