ahnen
to suspect
- Past (Präteritum)
- ahnte
- Past participle
- geahnt (haben)
Regular weak verb with haben. It describes an intuitive anticipation or a vague feeling regarding a future event or a hidden truth. It is frequently used in the sense of foreboding or sensing something that is not yet explicitly confirmed. In negative constructions like nicht ahnen, it emphasizes complete ignorance of a situation.
Conjugation
Present
- ahne
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- ahnt
- present, singular, third-person
- ahnen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- ahnst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- ahnte
- past
- ahnten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- ahntest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- ahntet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- ahne
- first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person
- ahnen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- ahnest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- ahnet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- ahnte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- ahnten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- ahntest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- ahntet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe geahnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben geahnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest geahnt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet geahnt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte geahnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten geahnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest geahnt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet geahnt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde ahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden ahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest ahnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet ahnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde ahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden ahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest ahnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet ahnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde geahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden geahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest geahnt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet geahnt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde geahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden geahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- ahne
- form-of, imperative, singular
- ahn
- imperative, second-person, singular
- ahnt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- geahnt
- participle, past
- ahnend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- ahnen
- infinitive
Other
- habe geahnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben geahnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast geahnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt geahnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat geahnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte geahnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten geahnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest geahnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet geahnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- ahnen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde ahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden ahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst ahnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet ahnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird ahnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- geahnt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde geahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden geahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst geahnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet geahnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird geahnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person