See also: Mahnen and Mähnen

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German manen, from Old High German manōn, from Proto-Germanic *manōną. Cognate with Old English manian.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mahnen (weak, third-person singular present mahnt, past tense mahnte, past participle gemahnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to urge (someone) to do a specific, necessary task
  2. to beg fervidly
  3. to warn (someone) of (something) emphatically
  4. to remind pressingly, admonish

Usage notes edit

The preposition used with mahnen is an (this is the counterpart to e.g. of in the English equivalent to remind of). In older language instead of a prepositional phrase the genitive is common.

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

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