wähnen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German wænen, from Old High German wānen, wānnen, from Proto-West Germanic *wānijan. Cognate with English ween (“to imagine; suppose; judge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈvɛːnən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈveːnən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: wäh‧nen
Verb
[edit]wähnen (weak, third-person singular present wähnt, past tense wähnte, past participle gewähnt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | wähnen | ||||
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present participle | wähnend | ||||
past participle | gewähnt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wähne | wir wähnen | i | ich wähne | wir wähnen |
du wähnst | ihr wähnt | du wähnest | ihr wähnet | ||
er wähnt | sie wähnen | er wähne | sie wähnen | ||
preterite | ich wähnte | wir wähnten | ii | ich wähnte1 | wir wähnten1 |
du wähntest | ihr wähntet | du wähntest1 | ihr wähntet1 | ||
er wähnte | sie wähnten | er wähnte1 | sie wähnten1 | ||
imperative | wähn (du) wähne (du) |
wähnt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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