ahnen
See also: Ahnen
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
editahnen (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
editinfinitive | 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
editFurther reading
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editahnen (third-person singular present ahnt, past participle geahnt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to guess
Conjugation
editRegular | ||
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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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