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/ === Verb === ahnden (weak, third-person singular present ahndet, past tense ahndete, past participle geahndet, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to punish something (the object is always the deed, never the perpetrator) Synonym: bestrafen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Ahnden Ahndung === See also === ahnen === Further reading === “ahnden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “ahnden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “ahnden (Bestrafung)” in Duden online