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Ahnung

inkling

noun AH-noong Less Common
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Also means

premonition, clue

Usage Note

Ahnung is a vague sense or hunch. The idiom keine Ahnung haben (to have no idea) is extremely common in everyday speech. Used positively it means foreboding, as in eine böse Ahnung. Plural Ahnungen.

Examples

"Ich hatte keine Ahnung, dass du kommen würdest."

Natural Translation

I had no idea that you were coming.

Literal Translation

I had no inkling, that you come would.

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