vernehmen

Meaning

  1. (class-4, formal, strong, transitive) to hear
  2. (class-4, strong, transitive) to question, to examine
  3. (archaic, class-4, strong, transitive) to comprehend, to understand

Opposite of
ignorieren, zuhören
Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

vernää

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛʁˈneːmən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German vernemen, from Old High German firneman, from Proto-West Germanic *franeman, from Proto-Germanic *franemaną (“to take away”), equivalent to ver- + nehmen.

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