See also: argwohnen and Argwöhnen

German

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Etymology

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From an earlier argwohnen, from Middle High German arcwœnen, arcwænen, from Old High German argwānen.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaʁkˌvøːnən/
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  • Hyphenation: arg‧wöh‧nen

Verb

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argwöhnen (weak, third-person singular present argwöhnt, past tense argwöhnte, past participle geargwöhnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (higher register) to suspect

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “argwöhnen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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