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Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
From Middle Low German wēsen, from Old Saxon wesan.
Pronunciation
Verb
waen
- (intransitive) to be
Hier kö'j altied owzelf waen.- Here you can always be yourself.
Inflection
Conjugation of waen (irregular verb)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch wān, from Proto-West Germanic *wāni, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz.
Noun
wâen m
- hope, expectation
- opinion, feeling, hunch (without evidence)
- suspicion
- doubt
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
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