an

German (Berlin)

/ʔan/

preposition
Definitions
  • (local) on; upon; at; in; against
  • by; near; close to; next to
  • (temporal) on; in; at
  • (temporal) a; per;
  • on; onto
  • at; against
  • to; for

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German ana (grandmother, ancestress, great-grandmother).

Origin

Old High German

ana

Gloss

grandmother, ancestress, great-grandmother

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

婆

Emoji

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