Vocabulary
ahnen
· verb
to suspect, to sense, to have a feeling (that something is so)
When you feel something before you know it for sure — „Ich hab's geahnt!“ Its noun is in every learner's first week: „Keine Ahnung!“
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Conjugation
- ich
- ahne
- du
- ahnst
- er/sie/es
- ahnt
- wir
- ahnen
- ihr
- ahnt
- sie/Sie
- ahnen
Perfekt hat geahntPräteritum ahnte
One word, many lives
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ahnen
to suspect, to sense, to have a feeling (that something is so)
Ein Anruf bei einer ehemaligen Kollegin von Dennis bestätigte, was Mira bereits ahnte.
A call to a former colleague of Dennis's confirmed what Mira already suspected.
Word family
ahnendie Ahnungidea, notion; hunch (Keine Ahnung! = no idea)ahnungslosunsuspecting, cluelessdie Vorahnungpremonition
Common combinations
- nichts Gutes ahnento fear the worst
- Das konnte ja keiner ahnen!Nobody could have known that!
Real examples
- Ein Anruf bei einer ehemaligen Kollegin von Dennis bestätigte, was Mira bereits ahnte.A call to a former colleague of Dennis's confirmed what Mira already suspected.
- Ich habe es geahnt: Der Zug fällt heute aus.I had a feeling: the train is cancelled today.
- Er ahnte nicht, dass seine Freunde eine Party für ihn planten.He had no idea that his friends were planning a party for him.
