wähnen

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See also: Wahnen

German

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛːnən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈveːnən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: wäh‧nen

Verb

wähnen (weak, third-person singular present wähnt, past tense wähnte, past participle gewähnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to suppose, expect, believe, imagine, ween
    Synonyms: vermuten, erwarten, mutmaßen, erahnen

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References

  • wähnen” in Duden online
  • wähnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache