ahnden
German
Etymology
From Middle High German anden, from Old High German antōn (“to get excited, be eager, be hotheaded, blame, avenge, punish”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadōn. Cognates include Old English andian (“to be envious”). The lengthening of the vowel is irregular; compare fahnden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːndən/
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Verb
ahnden (weak, third-person singular present ahndet, past tense ahndete, past participle geahndet, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | ahnden | ||||
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present participle | ahndend | ||||
past participle | geahndet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ahnde | wir ahnden | i | ich ahnde | wir ahnden |
du ahndest | ihr ahndet | du ahndest | ihr ahndet | ||
er ahndet | sie ahnden | er ahnde | sie ahnden | ||
preterite | ich ahndete | wir ahndeten | ii | ich ahndete1 | wir ahndeten1 |
du ahndetest | ihr ahndetet | du ahndetest1 | ihr ahndetet1 | ||
er ahndete | sie ahndeten | er ahndete1 | sie ahndeten1 | ||
imperative | ahnd (du) ahnde (du) |
ahndet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Ahnden
- Ahndung
See also
Further reading
- “ahnden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “ahnden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “ahnden (Bestrafung)” in Duden online
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