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ermahnen

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See also: Ermahnen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ermanen, from Old High German irmanōn. Equivalent to er- + mahnen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛɐ̯ˈmaːnən]
  • Hyphenation: er‧mah‧nen
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Verb

ermahnen (weak, third-person singular present ermahnt, past tense ermahnte, past participle ermahnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to caution, admonish, warn [with accusative ‘someone’ and zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
    Ich ermahnte sie, an diesem Tag keine Lebensmittel zu verkaufen.
    I warned them not to sell food on that day.
  2. (ball games) to give a verbal warning to
  3. to urge, exhort

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...
More information perfect, singular ...

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ermahnen” in Duden online
  • ermahnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Luxembourgish

Verb

ermahnen (third-person singular present ermahnt, past participle ermahnt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to exhort, to admonish

Conjugation

More information infinitive, participle ...

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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