abnää

Alemannic German

Etymology

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

Verb

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.