German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German nennen, nemmen, nemnen, from Old High German nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛnən/
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Verb

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nennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present nennt, past tense nannte, past participle genannt, past subjunctive nennte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to name (to give a name to)
  2. (transitive) to call, to describe [with accusative ‘someone’, along with predicate adjective or accusative noun ‘some name, title or description’]
    Nennst du mich einen Dummkopf?
    Are you calling me an idiot?
    Wir nennen den Hund Leo.
    We call the dog Leo.
  3. (transitive) to mention, to make known, to tell, to give [with dative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘some information’]
    Nennen Sie mir den Ort des Treffens.
    Tell me the location of the meeting.
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Die Orgelpfeifen”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., pages 64–65:
      Namen wurden in diesen Berichten nicht genannt, und in dieser Anonymität der Leistungen lag eine besondere entsagungsvolle Größe.
      Names were not mentioned in these reports and in this anonymity of the achievements was a particular sacrificing greatness.
  4. (transitive) to say, to speak, to state (a name)
    Kannst du deinen Namen nennen?
    Can you say your name?
  5. (transitive) to call out; to give (e.g. some request)
  6. (reflexive) to be called; to be named; to go by some name

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • nennen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • nennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • nennen” in Duden online
  • nennen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German nennen, nemmen, nemnen, from Old High German nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan. Cognate with German nennen and Swedish nämna.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nennen (third-person singular present nennt, past participle genannt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to name

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive nennen
participle genannt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular nennen
2nd singular nenns nenn
3rd singular nennt
1st plural nennen
2nd plural nennt nennt
3rd plural nennen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan.

Verb

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nennen

  1. (transitive) to name; to give a name to (someone)

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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From French nez.

Noun

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nennen

  1. nose

References

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  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français