fannen
Cimbrian edit
Noun edit
fannen
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German findan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną. Cognate with German finden, Dutch vinden, English find, Icelandic finna.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fannen (third-person singular present fënnt, past participle fonnt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to find
Conjugation edit
Irregular | ||
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infinitive | fannen | |
participle | fonnt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | fannen | — |
2nd singular | fënns | fann |
3rd singular | fënnt | — |
1st plural | fannen | — |
2nd plural | fannt | fannt |
3rd plural | fannen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Derived terms edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English fannian, from Latin vannō; equivalent to fan + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fannen
- To process grain as to remove waste from usable product; to winnow.
- (rare) To move one's wings; to make a flapping motion.
- (rare) To blow; to move away by using the wind's motion.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fannen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fannen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.