ahnen
See also: Ahnen
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
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. |