ahnden

From Middle High German anden, from Old High German antōn (“to get excited, be eager, be hotheaded, blame, avenge, punish”), from Proto-Germanic *anadōną (“to breathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁‑ (“to breathe”). Cognates include Old English andian (“to be envious”), Old Norse ǫnd (“soul, breathing”), Icelandic önd (“soul, breathing”), Old English ēþian (“to breathe, to smell, to inspire”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːndn̩]

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ahnden (third-person singular simple present ahndet, past tense ahndete, past participle geahndet, auxiliary haben)

1. to punish

• Ahnden
• Ahndung

• ahnen