nennen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German nennen, nemmen, nemnen, from Old High German nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan.
Cognates:
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present nennt, past tense nannte, past participle genannt, past subjunctive nennte, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to name (to give a name to)
- (transitive, with (accusative when applicable) predicate) to call, to describe as (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.
- (ditransitive) to mention, to make known, to tell, to give (some piece of 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.
- (transitive) to say, to speak, to state (a name)
- Kannst du deinen Namen nennen?
- Can you say your name?
- (transitive) to call out; to give (e.g. some request)
- (reflexive) to be called; to be named; to go by some name
Conjugation edit
infinitive | nennen | ||||
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present participle | nennend | ||||
past participle | genannt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich nenne | wir nennen | i | ich nenne | wir nennen |
du nennst | ihr nennt | du nennest | ihr nennet | ||
er nennt | sie nennen | er nenne | sie nennen | ||
preterite | ich nannte | wir nannten | ii | ich nennte1 | wir nennten1 |
du nanntest | ihr nanntet | du nenntest1 | ihr nenntet1 | ||
er nannte | sie nannten | er nennte1 | sie nennten1 | ||
imperative | nenn (du) nenne (du) |
nennt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Derived terms
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Verb edit
nennen (third-person singular present nennt, past participle genannt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to name
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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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. |
Derived terms edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan.
Verb edit
nennen
- (transitive) to name; to give a name to (someone)
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- “nennen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “nennen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Seychellois Creole edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
nennen
References edit
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
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