abnää

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Old High German abaneman, from Proto-Germanic *abanemaną. Equivalent to ab- +‎ nää. Cognate with German abnehmen, Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (afniman).

Verb

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abnää (third-person singular simple present nint ab, past participle abgnaa, auxiliary haa)

  1. (transitive) to take off
  2. to thin, diminish
  3. to believe
  4. to administer (an oath)
    • 1966, Georg Thürer, ‘Im Landsgmei-Ring’, Rund umme Blattetisch, page 14:
      Der Landamme, e große Maa mit schneewyße Haare, hät der Eid au vu allne Landlüüte abgnuh.
      The Landammann, a large man with snow-white hair, administered the oath of all the people of the region.