ahnen

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German

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaːnən/
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Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German ahnen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːnen/, [ˈaːnən]

Verb

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

  1. to guess

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive ahnen
participle geahnt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular ahnen
2nd singular ahns ahn
3rd singular ahnt
1st plural ahnen
2nd plural ahnt ahnt
3rd plural ahnen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.