ahnen
Meaning
to suspect, guess
Concepts
Synonyms
den Eindruck haben
Wind bekommen
kommen sehen
prophezeihen
Verdacht hegen
im Urin haben
deuten auf
ein Omen sein für
Ahnung bekommen
Vorahnung haben
ein Vorgefühl haben
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʔaːnən/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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