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1 ahnen
I v/t (vorhersehen) foresee; (vermuten) suspect; (Böses) have a presentiment ( oder foreboding) of; ich hab’s geahnt! I had a funny feeling, I knew it; wie konnte ich ahnen... how was I to know...; ich konnte doch nicht ahnen... I had no way of knowing...; du ahnst nicht, was mir das bedeutet! you have no idea how much that means to me!; (ach,) du ahnst es nicht! umg. blow me (down)!; das lässt ahnen,... it makes one suspect...; als ob er es geahnt hätte as if he had known it (in advance)II v/i: mir ahnt Böses I fear the worst; was seine Zukunft betrifft ahnt mir nichts Gutes I have grave misgivings as to his future* * *die Ahnenancestry (Pl.)* * *ah|nen ['aːnən]1. vt(= voraussehen) to foresee, to know; Gefahr, Tod etc to have a presentiment or premonition or foreboding of; (= vermuten) to suspect; (= erraten) to guessdas kann ich doch nicht áhnen! — I couldn't be expected to know that!
nichts Böses áhnen — to have no sense of foreboding, to be unsuspecting
nichts Böses áhnend — unsuspectingly
da sitzt man friedlich an seinem Schreibtisch, nichts Böses áhnend... (hum) — there I was sitting peacefully at my desk minding my own business... (hum)
ohne zu áhnen, dass... — without dreaming or suspecting (for one minute) that...
ohne es zu áhnen — without suspecting, without having the slightest idea
davon habe ich nichts geahnt — I didn't have the slightest inkling of it, I didn't suspect it for one moment
(ach), du ahnst es nicht! (inf) — would you believe it! (inf)
du ahnst es nicht, wen ich gestern getroffen habe! — you'll never guess or believe who I met yesterday!
die Umrisse waren nur zu áhnen — the contours could only be guessed at
2. vi (geh)mir ahnt nichts Gutes — I have a premonition that all is not well
* * *ah·nen[ˈa:nən]I. vt1. (vermuten)▪ etw \ahnen to suspect sth▪ \ahnen, dass/was/weshalb... to suspect, that/what/why...na, ahnst du jetzt, wohin wir fahren? well, have you guessed where we're going yet?▪ etw \ahnen to have a premonition of sth3. (erahnen)▪ etw \ahnen to guess [at] sthdas kann/konnte ich doch nicht \ahnen! how can/could I know that?ohne es zu \ahnen without suspecting, unsuspectinglyohne zu \ahnen, dass/was without suspecting, that/whatetwas/nichts [von etw] \ahnen to know something/nothing [about sth], to have an/no idea [about sth] fam▪ jdm etw \ahnen to have misgivings [or forebodings]mir ahnt Schreckliches I have misgivingsmir ahnt da nichts Gutes I fear the worst* * *1.transitives Verb1) have a presentiment or premonition of2) (vermuten) suspect; (erraten) guesswer soll denn ahnen, dass... — who would know that...
du ahnst es nicht! — (ugs.) oh heck or Lord! (coll.)
3) (vage erkennen) just make out2.die Wagen waren in der Dunkelheit mehr zu ahnen als zu sehen — one could sense the cars in the darkness, rather than see them
intransitives Verb (geh.)es ahnte mir, dass... — I suspected that...
* * *A. v/t (vorhersehen) foresee; (vermuten) suspect; (Böses) have a presentiment ( oder foreboding) of;ich hab’s geahnt! I had a funny feeling, I knew it;wie konnte ich ahnen … how was I to know…;ich konnte doch nicht ahnen … I had no way of knowing …;du ahnst nicht, was mir das bedeutet! you have no idea how much that means to me!;das lässt ahnen, … it makes one suspect …;als ob er es geahnt hätte as if he had known it (in advance)B. v/i:mir ahnt Böses I fear the worst;was seine Zukunft betrifft, ahnt mir nichts Gutes I have grave misgivings as to his future* * *1.transitives Verb1) have a presentiment or premonition of2) (vermuten) suspect; (erraten) guesswer soll denn ahnen, dass... — who would know that...
du ahnst es nicht! — (ugs.) oh heck or Lord! (coll.)
3) (vage erkennen) just make out2.die Wagen waren in der Dunkelheit mehr zu ahnen als zu sehen — one could sense the cars in the darkness, rather than see them
intransitives Verb (geh.)es ahnte mir, dass... — I suspected that...
* * *v.to forebode v.to presage v. -
2 verkünden
v/t announce; feierlich: proclaim; (Gesetz etc.) promulgate; (Urteil) pronounce; (weissagen) prophesy; das Evangelium verkünden preach ( oder spread) the gospel; ein neues Zeitalter etc. verkünden fig. herald a new epoch etc.; seine Miene verkündete nichts Gutes the look on his face didn’t augur (bes. Am. bode) well* * *to exclaim; to announce; to declare; to pronounce; to presage; to annunciate; to proclaim; to advertise; to give notice of; to promulgate* * *ver|kụ̈n|den ptp verkü\#ndetvtto announce; Urteil to pronounce; Evangelium to preach; Gesetz to promulgate; nichts Gutes, Unwetter etc to forebode, to presage (liter); Frühling, neue Zeit to herald* * *1) (to announce or be a sign of: A sharp wind often heralds a storm.) herald2) (to say firmly: 'I don't like him at all,' she declared.) declare3) (to announce or state publicly: He was proclaimed the winner.) proclaim4) (to announce officially or formally: He pronounced judgement on the prisoner.) pronounce* * *ver·kün·den *vt▪ [jdm] etw \verkünden to announce sth [to sb]▪ [jdm] \verkünden, dass... to announce [to sb] that...2. JUReinen Beschluss \verkünden to announce a decisionein Urteil \verkünden to pronounce sentence▪ etw \verkünden to speak [or promise] sthGutes/Unheil \verkünden to augur/to not augur well form* * ** * *verkünden v/t announce; feierlich: proclaim; (Gesetz etc) promulgate; (Urteil) pronounce; (weissagen) prophesy;das Evangelium verkünden preach ( oder spread) the gospel;seine Miene verkündete nichts Gutes the look on his face didn’t augur (besonders US bode) well* * ** * *v.to announce v.to annunciate v.to declare v.to enunciate v.to herald v.to promulgate v.to pronounce v.to report v. -
3 vorhersagen
v/t (trennb., hat -ge-) predict; (Wetter) forecast* * *to predict; to foretell* * *vor|her|sa|genvt sepSee:* * *(to say in advance; to foretell: He predicted a change in the weather.) predict* * *vor·her|sa·gen* * *transitives Verb predict; forecast < weather>* * ** * *transitives Verb predict; forecast < weather>* * *v.to forebode v.to forecast v.to foretell v.(§ p.,p.p.: foretold) -
4 ahnen
1. to forebode2. to intuit3. to presage4. to suspect -
5 vorhersagen
1. to forebode2. to foretellto second-guess sth.
См. также в других словарях:
Forebode — Fore*bode , v. i. To foretell; to presage; to augur. [1913 Webster] If I forebode aright. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Forebode — Fore*bode , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreboded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foreboding}.] [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to announce. See {Bode} v. t.] 1. To foretell. [1913 Webster] 2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Forebode — Fore*bode , n. Prognostication; presage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forebode — index admonish (warn), anticipate (prognosticate), forewarn, portend, predict, presage, prognostic … Law dictionary
forebode — (v.) feel a secret premonition, c.1600, from FORE (Cf. fore ) + BODE (Cf. bode). Related: Foreboded; FOREBODING (Cf. foreboding). Old English forebodian meant to announce, declare … Etymology dictionary
forebode — portend, presage, augur, prognosticate, *foretell, predict, forecast, prophesy Analogous words: betoken, bespeak, *indicate: import, signify (see MEAN): fear, dread (see corresponding nouns at FEAR) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
forebode — [v] predict, warn augur, betoken, bode, divine, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, indicate, omen, portend, premonish, presage, prognosticate, promise; concepts 70,78 … New thesaurus
forebode — ► VERB archaic or literary ▪ act as an advance warning of (something bad) … English terms dictionary
forebode — [fôr bōd′] vt., vi. foreboded, foreboding [OE forebodian: see FORE & BODE] 1. to indicate beforehand; portend; foretell; predict (esp. something bad or harmful) 2. to have a presentiment of (something bad or harmful) foreboder n … English World dictionary
forebode — foreboder, n. /fawr bohd , fohr /, v., foreboded, foreboding. v.t. 1. to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend: clouds that forebode a storm. 2. to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil,… … Universalium
forebode — [c]/fɔˈboʊd / (say faw bohd) verb (foreboded, foreboding) –verb (t) 1. to foretell or predict; portend; be an omen of; indicate beforehand: clouds that forebode a storm. 2. to have a presentiment of (especially evil). –verb (i) 3. to prophesy. 4 …
