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Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German abaneman, from Proto-Germanic *abanemaną. Equivalent to ab- + nää. Cognate with German abnehmen, Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (afniman).
Verb
abnää (third-person singular simple present nint ab, past participle abgnaa, auxiliary haa)
- (transitive) to take off
- to thin, diminish
- to believe
- to administer (an oath)
1966, Georg Thürer, ‘Im Landsgmei-Ring’, Rund umme Blattetisch, page 14:Der Landamme, e große Maa mit schneewyße Haare, hät der Eid au vu allne Landlüüte abgnuh.- The Landammann, a large man with snow-white hair, administered the oath of all the people of the region.