wähnen

See also: Wahnen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wænen, from Old High German wānen, wānnen, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognate with English ween (“to imagine; suppose; judge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːnən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈveːnən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: wäh‧nen

Verb

1. (transitive) to suppose, expect, believe, imagine, ween

Synonyms

• vermuten, erwarten, mutmaßen, erahnen

Derived terms

• Wähnen
• Wähnung

Related terms

• Wahn

References

• “wähnen” in Duden online