gewohnt

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See also: gewöhnt

German

Etymology

Compare English wont.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ge‧wohnt

Participle

gewohnt

  1. past participle of wohnen

Adjective

gewohnt (strong nominative masculine singular gewohnter, not comparable)

  1. usual, customary
  2. familiar, accustomed
  3. wont

Usage notes

  • In spoken language sometimes confused with the participle gewöhnt, from gewöhnen (to accustom oneself to):
Ein solch hartes Leben war ich vorher nicht gewohnt gewesen.
I hadn't been used to such a hard life before.
Nur langsam hatte ich mich an das harte Leben gewöhnt.
Only slowly did I get used to / adapt to the hard life.
  • Gewöhnen describes the process of accustoming oneself to something, gewohnt sein emphasizes the fact that one is already familiar with something, or doing something regularly, without necessarily appreciating it.
  • Historically, gewohnt ruled the genitive case. In modern usage, gewohnt almost always takes the accusative case.

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References

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    2017 February 3 (last accessed), Bastian Sick, “gewöhnt/gewohnt”, in Spiegel Zwiebelfisch-Abc: