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(=voraussehen) to foresee, to know
[Gefahr, Tod etc] to have a presentiment or premonition or foreboding of
(=vermuten) to suspect
(=erraten) to guess
das kann ich doch nicht ahnen! I couldn't be expected to know that!
nichts Böses ahnen to have no sense of foreboding, to be unsuspecting
nichts Böses ahnend unsuspectingly
da sitzt man friedlich an seinem Schreibtisch, nichts Böses ahnend ... hum there I was sitting peacefully at my desk minding my own business ... hum
ohne zu ahnen, dass ... without dreaming or suspecting (for one minute) that ...
ohne es zu ahnen without suspecting, without having the slightest idea
davon habe ich nichts geahnt I didn't have the slightest inkling of it, I didn't suspect it for one moment
so etwas habe ich doch geahnt I did suspect something like that
(ach), du ahnst es nicht! inf would you believe it! inf
du ahnst es nicht, wen ich gestern getroffen habe! you'll never guess or believe who I met yesterday!
die Umrisse waren nur zu ahnen the contours could only be guessed at