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nennen

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German

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Etymology

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    From Middle High German nennen, nemmen, nemnen, from Old High German nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan, from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈnɛnən/
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    Verb

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    nennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present nennt, past tense nannte, past participle genannt, past subjunctive nennte, auxiliary haben)

    1. (transitive) to name (to give a name to)
    2. (transitive) to call, to describe [with accusative ‘someone’, along with predicate adjective or accusative noun ‘some name, title or description’]
      Nennst du mich einen Dummkopf?
      Are you calling me an idiot?
      Wir nennen den Hund Leo.
      We call the dog Leo.
    3. (transitive) to mention, to make known, to tell, to give [with dative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘some information’]
      Nennen Sie mir den Ort des Treffens.
      Tell me the location of the meeting.
      • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Die Orgelpfeifen”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., pages 64–65:
        Namen wurden in diesen Berichten nicht genannt, und in dieser Anonymität der Leistungen lag eine besondere entsagungsvolle Größe.
        Names were not mentioned in these reports and in this anonymity of the achievements was a particular sacrificing greatness.
    4. (transitive) to say, to speak, to state (a name)
      Kannst du deinen Namen nennen?
      Can you say your name?
    5. (transitive) to call out; to give (e.g. some request)
    6. (reflexive) to be called; to be named; to go by some name

    Conjugation

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    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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

    Luxembourgish

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German nennen, nemmen, nemnen, from Old High German nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan. Cognate with German nennen and Swedish nämna.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    nennen (third-person singular present nennt, past participle genannt, auxiliary verb hunn)

    1. (transitive) to name

    Conjugation

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    Regular
    infinitive nennen
    participle genannt
    auxiliary hunn
    present
    indicative
    imperative
    1st singular nennen
    2nd singular nenns nenn
    3rd singular nennt
    1st plural nennen
    2nd plural nennt nennt
    3rd plural nennen

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

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    Middle Dutch

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    Etymology

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    From Old Dutch *nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan.

    Verb

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    nennen

    1. (transitive) to name; to give a name to (someone)

    Inflection

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    This verb needs an inflection-table template.

    Further reading

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    Middle High German

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      From Old High German nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan, from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną.

      Pronunciation

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      Verb

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      nennen (class 1 weak, third-person singular present nennet, past tense nante, past participle genennet or genant, auxiliary hān)

      1. (transitive) to name

      Conjugation

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      Descendants

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      • German: nennen

      Further reading

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      mhdwb-online: nennen

      Seychellois Creole

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      Etymology

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      From French nez.

      Noun

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      nennen

      1. nose

      References

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      • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français