GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

(sich) wähnen

imagine oneself to be; mistakenly believe oneself

Sie wähnte sich längst in Sicherheit, als sich herausstellte, dass die vermeintlich endgültige Zusage noch von einer weiteren Prüfung abhing.

She had long imagined herself safe when it emerged that the supposedly final approval was still subject to a further review.

suppose someone or something to be

Ich wähnte ihn noch auf Reisen, bis ich ihm morgens mit Einkaufstaschen im Treppenhaus begegnete und von seiner vorzeitigen Rückkehr erfuhr.

I thought he was still traveling until I met him in the stairwell one morning with shopping bags and learned that he had returned early.

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