gähnen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ginen, from Old High German ginēn, from Proto-West Germanic *gīnan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛːnən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːnən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: gäh‧nen

Verb

gähnen (weak, third-person singular present gähnt, past tense gähnte, past participle gegähnt, auxiliary haben)

to yawn

Conjugation

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Further reading

“gähnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“gähnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“gähnen” in Duden online
“gähnen” in OpenThesaurus.de
gähnen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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