Definition
A general idea or limited knowledge of something.
Translations
- English
- idea
- Français
- idée
- Türkçe
- fikir
- Polski
- pojęcie
- Русский
- представление
- Українська
- уявлення
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Ahnung
- A2
- Noun
- Emotions & Personality
- Communication
idea
/diː ˈaːnʊŋ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Ahnungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Emotions & PersonalityPrimaryCommunication
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Eine Ahnung kann sich später als Irrtum erweisen.NominativSing.A hunch may later prove to be mistaken.
- Sie hatte eine Ahnung von der bevorstehenden Veränderung.AkkusativSing.She had a sense of the impending change.
- Seiner Ahnung schenkte zunächst niemand Glauben.DativSing.At first, no one believed his hunch.
- Die Genauigkeit der Ahnung war überraschend.GenitivSing.The accuracy of the hunch was surprising.
- Ahnungen können einen Menschen beunruhigen.NominativPlur.Hunches can make a person uneasy.
- Er verdrängte seine Ahnungen sofort.AkkusativPlur.He immediately suppressed his hunches.
- Seinen Ahnungen folgte er trotz aller Zweifel.DativPlur.Despite all his doubts, he followed his hunches.
- Die Ursachen ihrer Ahnungen blieben unklar.GenitivPlur.The causes of her hunches remained unclear.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Ahnung/ˈaːnʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Ahnung/diː ˈaːnʊŋ/
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Plural
Ahnungen/ˈaːnʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Ahnung | die Ahnungen |
| Akkusativ | die Ahnung | die Ahnungen |
| Dativ | der Ahnung | den Ahnungen |
| Genitiv | der Ahnung | der Ahnungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Ahnung haben
- Collocationkeine Ahnung haben
- Verb constructioneine Ahnung von etwas haben + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionohne Ahnung von der Sacheohne + Akkusativ
- Adjective combinationeine vage Ahnung
- Sentence patternIch habe keine Ahnung.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymVermutung
Ahnung often refers to uncertain knowledge or a feeling; Vermutung is more typically a deliberately formed assumption that has not yet been confirmed.
- Near-synonymVorstellung
Ahnung refers to limited knowledge or an intuitive assessment, whereas Vorstellung generally denotes an image or concept in one’s mind.
- Easily confused withAnnahme
An Ahnung is often based on intuition or unclear knowledge; an Annahme is a conceptual premise that may also consciously be provisional.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- ahnOther
- -ungSuffix
„Ahnung“ is formed from the verb „ahnen“ and the suffix „-ung“.
Word family
- ahnen
- Ahnungslosigkeit
- ahnend