dehnen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German denen, dennen, from Old High German thenen, thennen, from Proto-West Germanic *þannjan, from Proto-Germanic *þanjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). The simple -n- was generalised from certain inflected forms of the West Germanic verb. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufþanjan), Latin tenēre.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈdeːnən/, [ˈdeː.nən], [ˈdeː.nn̩]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: deh‧nen
- Homophones: denen (general), Dänen (many speakers, especially northern and eastern regions)
Verb
editdehnen (weak, third-person singular present dehnt, past tense dehnte, past participle gedehnt, auxiliary haben)
Usage notes
edit- Strecken and dehnen are often interchangeable, but the latter implies that the stretching goes to the limit. This difference is most evident with limbs: die Beine strecken (“to extend one's legs”) vs. die Beine dehnen (“to stretch one's legs for flexibility”). Accordingly, dehnen is also used in such figurative contexts as das Gesetz dehnen (“to stretch the law”).
Conjugation
editinfinitive | dehnen | ||||
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present participle | dehnend | ||||
past participle | gedehnt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich dehne | wir dehnen | i | ich dehne | wir dehnen |
du dehnst | ihr dehnt | du dehnest | ihr dehnet | ||
er dehnt | sie dehnen | er dehne | sie dehnen | ||
preterite | ich dehnte | wir dehnten | ii | ich dehnte1 | wir dehnten1 |
du dehntest | ihr dehntet | du dehntest1 | ihr dehntet1 | ||
er dehnte | sie dehnten | er dehnte1 | sie dehnten1 | ||
imperative | dehn (du) dehne (du) |
dehnt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editLuxembourgish
editVerb
editdehnen (third-person singular present dehnt, past participle gedehnt, auxiliary verb hunn)
Conjugation
editRegular | ||
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infinitive | dehnen | |
participle | gedehnt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | dehnen | — |
2nd singular | dehns | dehn |
3rd singular | dehnt | — |
1st plural | dehnen | — |
2nd plural | dehnt | dehnt |
3rd plural | dehnen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
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