Ahnung
German, noun/ˈʔaːnʊŋ/
Ahnung is spelled A-H-N-U-N-G (6 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written German, the 934th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ahnung is a German feminine noun meaning “anticipation, inkling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unbestimmtes, undeutliches Vorgefühl”.
What does Ahnung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanticipation, inkling
- 2
feminineclue, idea, notion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unbestimmtes, undeutliches Vorgefühl 2. Wissen oder Vorstellung von etwas
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ahnung
- Ahnungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ahnung?
- /ˈʔaːnʊŋ/
- [ˈaːnʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ahnung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ahnung in German?
Ahnung appears 93 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).