ahnen

See also: Ahnen

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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)), dialectal Dutch anen (to conjecture, tell, calculate), Saterland Frisian oanje (to suspect, guess).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaːnən/
  • (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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːnen/, [ˈaːnən]

Verb

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

  1. to guess

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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