mahnen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German manen, from Old High German manōn, from Proto-Germanic *manōną. Cognate with Old English manian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaːnən]
Audio (file) - Homophone: Manen
Verb
mahnen (weak, third-person singular present mahnt, past tense mahnte, past participle gemahnt, auxiliary haben)
- to urge (someone) to do a specific, necessary task
- to beg fervidly
- to warn (someone) of (something) emphatically
- to remind pressingly, admonish
Usage notes
The preposition used with mahnen is an (this is the counterpart to e.g. of in the English equivalent to remind of). In older language instead of a prepositional phrase the genitive is common.
Conjugation
infinitive | mahnen | ||||
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present participle | mahnend | ||||
past participle | gemahnt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich mahne | wir mahnen | i | ich mahne | wir mahnen |
du mahnst | ihr mahnt | du mahnest | ihr mahnet | ||
er mahnt | sie mahnen | er mahne | sie mahnen | ||
preterite | ich mahnte | wir mahnten | ii | ich mahnte1 | wir mahnten1 |
du mahntest | ihr mahntet | du mahntest1 | ihr mahntet1 | ||
er mahnte | sie mahnten | er mahnte1 | sie mahnten1 | ||
imperative | mahn (du) mahne (du) |
mahnt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Descendants
- Kashubian: manowac
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