zahnen

German

Etymology

The verb is attested since the 16th century and can be compared with Old High German zennen.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡saːnən]
  • Hyphenation: zah‧nen
  • Audio(file)

Verb

zahnen (weak, third-person singular present zahnt, past tense zahnte, past participle gezahnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to teethe (to grow teeth)
    ein Baby zahnt
    a baby is teething

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References
  1. “Zahn: zahnen” in Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. Digitized and refined edition based on the 2nd edition published by Akademie-Verlag 1993.
    “Zahn: zahnen” in Wolfgang Pfeifer et al. (2005) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, 8th edition, München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, →ISBN, page 1590.

Further reading
  • “zahnen” in Duden online
  • “zahnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “zahnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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