nennen

  1. (irregular, transitive, weak) to name (to give a name to)
  2. (irregular, transitive, weak) to call, to describe
  3. (irregular, transitive, weak) to mention, to make known, to tell, to give
  4. (irregular, transitive, weak) to say, to speak, to state (a name)
  5. (irregular, transitive, weak) to call out; to give (e.g. some request)
  6. (irregular, reflexive, weak) to be called; to be named; to go by some name

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnɛnən/
Etymology

In summary

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *namnijaną Proto-West Germanic *namnijan Old High German nemnen Middle High German nennen German nennen From Middle High German nennen, nemmen, nemnen, from Old High German nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan, from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną. Cognates Cognate with Hunsrik nenne, Old English nemnan, Middle English nemnen, Swedish nämna.

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