wähnen

From Middle High German wænen, from Old High German wānen, wānnen, from Proto-West Germanic *wānijan. Cognate with English ween (“to imagine; suppose; judge”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːnən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈveːnən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: wäh‧nen

wähnen (weak, third-person singular present wähnt, past tense wähnte, past participle gewähnt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to suppose, expect, believe, imagine, ween

   Synonyms: vermuten, erwarten, mutmaßen, erahnen

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