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 German Low German ahnen (“to suspect, guess”)), dialectal Dutch anen (“to conjecture, tell, calculate”), Saterland Frisian oanje (“to suspect, guess”).
Pronunciation
Verb
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
Conjugation of ahnen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | ahnen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Composed forms of ahnen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Ahnen n
- Ahnung f
- vorausahnen
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːnen/, [ˈaːnən]
Verb
ahnen (third-person singular present ahnt, past participle geahnt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to guess