nennen
- (irregular, transitive, weak) to name (to give a name to)
- (irregular, transitive, weak) to call, to describe
- (irregular, transitive, weak) to mention, to make known, to tell, to give
- (irregular, transitive, weak) to say, to speak, to state (a name)
- (irregular, transitive, weak) to call out; to give (e.g. some request)
- (irregular, reflexive, weak) to be called; to be named; to go by some name
Frequency
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.
Related words
genannt werden
firmieren
Bezeichnung tragen
einen Namen geben
zugedenken
zum Thema machen
einen Spitznamen geben
figurieren
herausposaunen
zur Kenntnis bringen
Name ist
Name lautet
Namen tragen
Namen haben
bezeichnet werden als
man nennt
angesprochen werden als
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