wähnen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German wænen, from Old High German wānen, wānnen, from Proto-West Germanic *wānijan. 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) Hyphenation: wäh‧nen === Verb === wähnen (weak, third-person singular present wähnt, past tense wähnte, past participle gewähnt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to suppose, expect, believe, imagine, ween Synonyms: vermuten, erwarten, mutmaßen, erahnen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Wähnen Wähnung ==== Related terms ==== Wahn === References === “wähnen” in Duden online “wähnen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)