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Swedish
Etymology
önska + -ning
Noun
önskning c
- a wish
- Synonym: önskan
Du får tre önskningar för att du räddade mig ur flaskan. Vad är din första önskning?- You get three wishes for saving me from ("out of") the bottle. What is your first wish?
Usage notes
- Idiomatic for wishes granted by a genie or the like. Less common than önskan in the singular otherwise. See also önskemål.
- Note that the plural is also used as the plural of önskan.
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