ohne

• ohn (see usage notes below)
• ohni, ohnt (scattered variants)

From Middle High German āne, from Proto-Germanic *ēnu. The (partial) retention of the final schwa is irregular; the word must be inherited, however, because of the /ɔː/-vocalism, which is the regular outcome of Middle High German ā. Only the southernmost dialects show a raised vowel in line with Standard German ohne, but it is surely inherited there as well.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːnə/ (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian)
• IPA^(key): /ˈoːnə/ (southern Moselle Franconian)

ohne (+ accusative/direct case)

1. (most dialects) without

   Synonyms: songer, zonger (western Ripuarian, archaic)

• The final -e is generally retained when the following word is stressed: ohne mich (“without me”). It may optionally be lost when the following word is unstressed: ohn(e) meng Frau (“without my wife”).

• derohne

• IPA^(key): [ˈoɦnɛ]

ohne

1. third-person singular future of ohnout

• ohn
• (obsolete) on

From Middle High German āne (“without”), from Old High German āna, ānu, āno (“without”), from Proto-Germanic *ēnu, *ēnō (“without”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁(n̥)new.

Cognate with Yiddish אָן (on), Old Saxon āno (“without”), Old Frisian ōni (“without”), Old Norse án, ón (“without”), English on, ohn (“without”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌿 (inu, “without”), and possibly Ancient Greek ἄνευ (áneu, “without”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːnə/

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ohne

1. without [with dass (+ clause) or zu (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]

   Ich habe viele Jahre vergeudet, ohne dir zu sagen, was du mir bedeutest.

   I wasted many years without telling you what you mean to me.

ohne [with accusative]

1. without

   Antonym: mit

   Ohne dich bin ich nichts.

   Without you I am nothing.

• Used to be able to be used with the dative, as in Bescheidenheit ist eine Zier, doch weiter kommt man ohne ihr, but this is now very rare.

• ohnedies
• ohnegleichen
• ohnehin

ohne

1. without

   Ich mag Fußball, aber ich kann auch ohne leben.

   I like soccer, but I could live without.

• This use as an adverb is standard usage but generally avoided in (very) formal style.

• “ohne” in Duden online
• “ohne” in Duden online
• “ohne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle High German āne (“without”), from Old High German āna, ānu, āno (“without”), from Proto-Germanic *ēnu, *ēnō (“without”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁(n̥)new.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːnə/
• Rhymes: -oːnə
• Syllabification: oh‧ne

ohne

1. (+accusative) without

   Ohne Rehn kannd-ma’s net planze.

   Without rain you can not plant it.

   Das Esse ist ohne Salz.

   The food is without salt.

   Ich wolld blos en Nacht ohne das Barullie.

   I wanted only one night without noise.

   • 2020, Aesop, Piter Keo, De Wollef un das Lamm (yt):

     "Noja", saad de Wollef, "awer ich gehn net fort ohne mein Esse".

     "Ah well," the wolf said, "but I won't leave without my food."

• mit

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔɦɲe]

ohne

1. nominative/accusative plural of oheň