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German
Etymology
The verb is attested since the 16th century and can be compared with Old High German zennen.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: zah‧nen
Verb
zahnen (weak, third-person singular present zahnt, past tense zahnte, past participle gezahnt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to teethe (to grow teeth)
ein Baby zahnt- a baby is teething
Conjugation
Conjugation of
zahnen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
zahnen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “Zahn: zahnen” in Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. Digitized and refined edition based on the 2nd edition published by Akademie-Verlag 1993.
“Zahn: zahnen” in Wolfgang Pfeifer et al. (2005) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 8th edition, München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, →ISBN, page 1590.
Further reading
- “zahnen” in Duden online
- “zahnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “zahnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon