lernen
See also: Lernen
German
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), lirnēn, from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnēn. Cognate with Old English leornian (Modern English learn). Related to lehren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛɐnən/
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Verb
lernen (weak, third-person singular present lernt, past tense lernte, past participle gelernt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive or transitive) to learn
- Ich lerne noch. ― I’m still learning.
- Ich lerne Spanisch. ― I’m learning Spanish.
- 2010, Der Spiegel, number 25/2010, page 77:
- Es gilt deshalb, die richtigen Lehren aus der Krise zu ziehen, aus den Fehlern der Vergangenheit zu lernen, um die Zukunft zu sichern.
- Therefore it is necessary to draw the right lessons from the crisis, to learn from the mistakes of the past for securing the future.
- (intransitive) to study (revise or review materials)
- Synonyms: büffeln, pauken, üben, sich vorbereiten
- Ich lerne für meine Prüfung. ― I’m studying for my exam.
- (somewhat informal, transitive) to train to become something
- Synonyms: eine Lehre/Ausbildung machen, ausgebildet werden
- Ich lerne Bäcker. ― I’m training to be a baker.
- (colloquial, nonstandard, transitive, with dative) to teach
- Synonyms: beibringen, lehren
- Das lern ich dir. ― I’ll teach you that.
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “lernen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “lernen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “lernen” in Duden online
- “lernen” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “lernen”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *liʀnēn, akin to Old Dutch lernon, Old Frisian lernia, Old English leornian.
Conjugation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- bilernēn
- foralernēn
- gilernēn
- lernunga
- redilernēn
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
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