öffnen
German (Berlin)
/ˈʔœfnən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to open to make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position
- (transitive) to open to make accessible to customers or clients
- (transitive) to open to load into memory for viewing or editing
- (intransitive) to open, get, or answer the door
- (reflexive) to open to become open
- (reflexive) to open up (to), confide (in) to reveal oneself, share personal information about oneself
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German offenen inherited from Old High German offanōn inherited from Proto-Germanic *upanōną (lift, open, raise).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*upanōną
Gloss
lift, open, raise
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- OpenBSD English
- breakopen English
- eye-opener English
- eye-opening English
- half-open English
- open English
- open sea English
- open source English
- open-handed English
- open-hearted English
- open-mid English
- open-minded English
- openability English
- openable English
- openbill English
- opencast English
- opener English
- openest English
- openeth English
- openhearted English
- openly English
- openness English
- openside English
- opensightly English
- openwork English
- reopen English
- semiopen English
- unopen English
- Dosenöffner German
- Eröffnung German
- Flaschenöffner German
- eröffnen German
- Öffner German
- heropenen Dutch, Flemish
- open Dutch, Flemish
- openbaar Dutch, Flemish
- openen Dutch, Flemish
- opening Dutch, Flemish
- open French
- open Spanish, Castilian
- *upanōną Proto-Germanic
- openian Old English
- open Middle English
- openen Middle English
- opna Old Norse
- åbne Danish
- open Catalan, Valencian
- ōpenen Middle Dutch
- offanōn Old High German
- open Afrikaans
- offenen Middle High German
- opanon Old Dutch
- op Tok Pisin
- opnæ Old Danish