gähnen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German ginen, from Old High German ginēn, from Proto-West Germanic *gīnan.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɡɛːnən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeːnən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: gäh‧nen
Verb
editgähnen (weak, third-person singular present gähnt, past tense gähnte, past participle gegähnt, auxiliary haben)
- to yawn
Conjugation
editinfinitive | gähnen | ||||
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present participle | gähnend | ||||
past participle | gegähnt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich gähne | wir gähnen | i | ich gähne | wir gähnen |
du gähnst | ihr gähnt | du gähnest | ihr gähnet | ||
er gähnt | sie gähnen | er gähne | sie gähnen | ||
preterite | ich gähnte | wir gähnten | ii | ich gähnte1 | wir gähnten1 |
du gähntest | ihr gähntet | du gähntest1 | ihr gähntet1 | ||
er gähnte | sie gähnten | er gähnte1 | sie gähnten1 | ||
imperative | gähn (du) gähne (du) |
gähnt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
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- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
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- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary