German edit

Etymology edit

The verb is attested since the 16th century and can be compared with Old High German zennen.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡saːnən]
  • Hyphenation: zah‧nen
  • (file)

Verb edit

zahnen (weak, third-person singular present zahnt, past tense zahnte, past participle gezahnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to teethe (to grow teeth)
    ein Baby zahnt
    a baby is teething

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Zahn: zahnen” in Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. Digitized and refined edition based on the 2nd edition published by Akademie-Verlag 1993.
    “Zahn: zahnen” in Wolfgang Pfeifer et al. (2005) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 8th edition, München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, →ISBN, page 1590.

Further reading edit

  • zahnen” in Duden online
  • zahnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • zahnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon