fannen

Cimbrian

Noun

fannen

1. plural of fanna
2. dative singular of fanna

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German findan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną. Cognate with German finden, Dutch vinden, English find, Icelandic finna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfanen/, [ˈfɑ.nən]

Verb

fannen (third-person singular present fënnt, past participle fonnt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to find

Conjugation

Irregular
infinitive	fannen
participle	fonnt
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	fannen	—
2nd singular	fënns	fann
3rd singular	fënnt	—
1st plural	fannen	—
2nd plural	fannt	fannt
3rd plural	fannen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

• erafannen
• erausfannen
• erfannen
• zeréckfannen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vanne, vanni, fanne

Etymology

From Old English fannian, from Latin vannō; equivalent to fan +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfanən/, /ˈvanən/

Verb

fannen

1. To process grain as to remove waste from usable product; to winnow.
2. (rare) To move one's wings; to make a flapping motion.
3. (rare) To blow; to move away by using the wind's motion.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fannen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) fannen, fanne
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	fanne	fanned
2nd-person singular	fannest	fannedest
3rd-person singular	fanneth	fanned
subjunctive singular	fanne
imperative singular		—
plural1	fannen, fanne	fanneden, fannede
imperative plural	fanneth, fanne	—
participles	fannynge, fannende	fanned, yfanned

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: fan
• Scots: fan

References

• “fannen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.