mahnen

See also: Mahnen and Mähnen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German manen, from Old High German manōn, from Proto-Germanic *manōną. Cognate with Old English manian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmaːnən]
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: Manen

Verb

mahnen (weak, third-person singular present mahnt, past tense mahnte, past participle gemahnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to urge (someone) to do a specific, necessary task
  2. to beg fervidly
  3. to warn (someone) of (something) emphatically
  4. to remind pressingly, admonish

Usage notes

The preposition used with mahnen is an (this is the counterpart to e.g. of in the English equivalent to remind of). In older language instead of a prepositional phrase the genitive is common.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “mahnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “mahnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “mahnen” in Duden online
  • “mahnen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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