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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]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
[edit]infinitive | ahnen | ||||
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present participle | ahnend | ||||
past participle | geahnt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ahne | wir ahnen | i | ich ahne | wir ahnen |
du ahnst | ihr ahnt | du ahnest | ihr ahnet | ||
er ahnt | sie ahnen | er ahne | sie ahnen | ||
preterite | ich ahnte | wir ahnten | ii | ich ahnte1 | wir ahnten1 |
du ahntest | ihr ahntet | du ahntest1 | ihr ahntet1 | ||
er ahnte | sie ahnten | er ahnte1 | sie ahnten1 | ||
imperative | ahn (du) ahne (du) |
ahnt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]- Ahnen n
- Ahnung f
- vorausahnen
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ahnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “ahnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “ahnen” in OpenThesaurus.de
- “ahnen” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ahnen (third-person singular present ahnt, past participle geahnt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to guess
Conjugation
[edit]Regular | ||
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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. |
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