ahnen
See also: Ahnen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German anen, from Old High German *anōn, from Proto-West Germanic *anōn, from *ana (“on”, preposition), from Proto-Germanic *an (“on”).
Cognate with Middle Low German ānen (whence German Low German ahnen (“to suspect, guess”)), dialectal Dutch anen (“to conjecture, tell, calculate”), Saterland Frisian oanje (“to suspect, guess”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaːnən/
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Verb
ahnen (weak, third-person singular present ahnt, past tense ahnte, past participle geahnt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ahnen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | ahnen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | ahnend | ||||
| past participle | geahnt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich ahne | wir ahnen | i | ich ahne | wir ahnen |
| du ahnst | ihr ahnt | du ahnest | ihr ahnet | ||
| er ahnt | sie ahnen | er ahne | sie ahnen | ||
| preterite | ich ahnte | wir ahnten | ii | ich ahnte1 | wir ahnten1 |
| du ahntest | ihr ahntet | du ahntest1 | ihr ahntet1 | ||
| er ahnte | sie ahnten | er ahnte1 | sie ahnten1 | ||
| imperative | ahn (du) ahne (du) |
ahnt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of ahnen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Ahnen n
- Ahnung f
- vorausahnen
See also
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːnen/, [ˈaːnən]
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