From Middle High German anen, from Old High German *anōn, from Proto-West Germanic *anōn, from *ana (“on”, preposition), from Proto-Germanic *an (“on”).
Cognate with Middle Low German ānen (whence German Low German ahnen (“to suspect, guess”)), dialectal Dutch anen (“to conjecture, tell, calculate”), Saterland Frisian oanje (“to suspect, guess”).
ahnen (weak, third-person singular present ahnt, past tense ahnte, past participle geahnt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | ahnen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | ahnend | ||||
| past participle | geahnt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich ahne | wir ahnen | i | ich ahne | wir ahnen |
| du ahnst | ihr ahnt | du ahnest | ihr ahnet | ||
| er ahnt | sie ahnen | er ahne | sie ahnen | ||
| preterite | ich ahnte | wir ahnten | ii | ich ahnte1 | wir ahnten1 |
| du ahntest | ihr ahntet | du ahntest1 | ihr ahntet1 | ||
| er ahnte | sie ahnten | er ahnte1 | sie ahnten1 | ||
| imperative | ahn (du) ahne (du) |
ahnt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
ahnen (third-person singular present ahnt, past participle geahnt, auxiliary verb hunn)
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ahnen | |
| participle | geahnt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | ahnen | — |
| 2nd singular | ahns | ahn |
| 3rd singular | ahnt | — |
| 1st plural | ahnen | — |
| 2nd plural | ahnt | ahnt |
| 3rd plural | ahnen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||