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Bavarian
- gunna (West Central Bavarian)
Etymology
From Old High German giunnan, from unnan, from Proto-West Germanic *unnan. Compare German gönnen, Dutch gunnen, Yiddish פֿאַרגינען (farginen).
Pronunciation
Verb
gunnan (past participle gunnt) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)
- (ditransitive) to bestow, to indulge (someone's wishes), to treat to
- Heit gunn i ma a Bier. ― Today I treat myself to a beer.
- (ditransitive) to be happy for someone because of their good fortune, to grant someone something; (in the negative) to begrudge
- Synonym: vergunnan
- I gunn eich eier Glick. ― I don't begrudge you your luck.
- Dena gunn i nix! ― I don't grant them anything!
- (ditransitive, ironic) (used when the speaker wants to express that something would serve someone right)
- Synonym: vergunnan
- I gunnad eam, wånn er mit sein Gschäft eifoarad. ― It would serve him right if he went out of business.
Conjugation
Derived terms
vergunnan