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German
Etymology
From Middle High German nennen, nemmen, nemnen, from Old High German nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan.
Pronunciation
Verb
nennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present nennt, past tense nannte, past participle genannt, past subjunctive nennte, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to name (to give a name to)
- (transitive, with (accusative when applicable) predicate) to call, to describe as (some name, title or description)
Nennst du mich einen Dummkopf?- Are you calling me an idiot?
Wir nennen den Hund Leo.- We call the dog Leo.
- (ditransitive) to mention, to make known, to tell, to give (some piece of information)
Nennen Sie mir den Ort des Treffens.- Tell me the location of the meeting.
1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Die Orgelpfeifen”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., pages 64–65:Namen wurden in diesen Berichten nicht genannt, und in dieser Anonymität der Leistungen lag eine besondere entsagungsvolle Größe.- Names were not mentioned in these reports and in this anonymity of the achievements was a particular sacrificing greatness.
- (transitive) to say, to speak, to state (a name)
Kannst du deinen Namen nennen?- Can you say your name?
- (transitive) to call out; to give (e.g. some request)
- (reflexive) to be called; to be named; to go by some name
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nennen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “nennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “nennen” in Duden online
- “nennen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German nennen, nemmen, nemnen, from Old High German nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan. Cognate with German nennen and Swedish nämna.
Pronunciation
Verb
nennen (third-person singular present nennt, past participle genannt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to name
Conjugation
Regular
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infinitive
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nennen
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participle
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genannt
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auxiliary
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hunn
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present indicative
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imperative
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1st singular
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nennen
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2nd singular
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nenns
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nenn
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3rd singular
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nennt
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1st plural
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nennen
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2nd plural
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nennt
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nennt
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3rd plural
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nennen
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(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *nemnen, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan.
Verb
nennen
- (transitive) to name; to give a name to (someone)
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From French nez.
Noun
nennen
- nose
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français