nennen

From Old High German nemnen, from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną. Cognate with Swedish nämna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛnən/

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nennen (irregular, third-person singular simple present nennt, past tense nannte, past participle genannt, past subjunctive nennte, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to name; to give a name to (someone); to call (someone something)
2. (transitive) to call (someone or something by some name or title)
3. (transitive) to mention
   • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 64–65:

     Namen wurden in diesen Berichten nicht genannt, und in dieser Anonymität der Leistungen lag eine besondere entsagungsvolle Größe.

     Names were not mentioned in these reports and in this anonymity of the achievements was a particular sacrificing greatness.

4. (transitive) to call out; to give (e.g. some request)
5. (reflexive) to be called; to be named; to go by some name

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From Old High German nemnen. Cognate with German nennen and Swedish nämna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnænən/
• Rhymes: -ænən

nennen (third-person singular present nennt, past participle genannt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to name

• benennen
• ernennen
• vernennen

From Old Dutch *nemnen, from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną.

nennen

1. (transitive) to name; to give a name to (someone)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• “nennen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “nennen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From French nez

nennen

1. nose

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français