tönen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German dœnen, *tœnen, derived from tōn, whence modern Ton (“tone, sound”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtøːnən/, [ˈtøːnən], [ˈtøːnn̩]
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Verb
tönen (weak, third-person singular present tönt, past tense tönte, past participle getönt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to give a loud and far-reaching sound
- (intransitive, Switzerland, copulative) to sound; to give or have a sound
- Synonym: (the general word) klingen
- Diese beiden Wörter tönen ähnlich. ― These two words sound similar.
- (intransitive, informal) to boast; to brag (particularly about an intention to do something)
- Vor dem Spiel hatte der Gegner getönt, er würde uns „vernichten“.
- Before the game, the other team had bragged they would “annihilate” us.
- (transitive, of hair) to dye with a weak colouring that gives the hair a new tone rather than an entirely different colour; to tint
- Synonyms: färben, kolorieren
- Sie hatte ihre Haare mit Henna getönt. ― She had dyed her hair with henna.
Conjugation
| infinitive | tönen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | tönend | ||||
| past participle | getönt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich töne | wir tönen | i | ich töne | wir tönen |
| du tönst | ihr tönt | du tönest | ihr tönet | ||
| er tönt | sie tönen | er töne | sie tönen | ||
| preterite | ich tönte | wir tönten | ii | ich tönte1 | wir tönten1 |
| du töntest | ihr töntet | du töntest1 | ihr töntet1 | ||
| er tönte | sie tönten | er tönte1 | sie tönten1 | ||
| imperative | tön (du) töne (du) |
tönt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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