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erahnen

sense

verb er-AH-nen Less Common
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Also means

divine, guess

Usage Note

erahnen means to dimly sense or guess something not fully visible, built from Ahnung. Forms: erahnt, erahnte, hat erahnt. It is more literary than ahnen and stresses faint perception.

Examples

"Im Nebel ließ sich die Küste nur erahnen."

Natural Translation

In the fog the coast could only be dimly sensed.

Literal Translation

In-the fog let itself the coast only sense.

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