wanen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wânen, from Old Dutch wānen, from Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːnən

Verb

wanen

  1. (reflexive) to misbelieve (believe falsely or incorrectly) oneself to be something

Inflection

Inflection of wanen (weak)
infinitive wanen
past singular waande
past participle gewaand
infinitive wanen
gerund wanen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular waan waande
2nd person sing. (jij) waant waande
2nd person sing. (u) waant waande
2nd person sing. (gij) waant waande
3rd person singular waant waande
plural wanen waanden
subjunctive sing.1 wane waande
subjunctive plur.1 wanen waanden
imperative sing. waan
imperative plur.1 waant
participles wanend gewaand
1) Archaic.

Noun

wanen

  1. plural of waan

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch wānen.

Verb

wânen

  1. to expect
  2. to think, to be of the opinion
  3. to suspect
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Dutch: wanen

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *wanon, from Proto-West Germanic *wanōn.

Verb

wānen

  1. to wane
    Antonym: wassen
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wānian.

Verb

wanen

  1. to moan, to wail, to complain
  2. (figuratively, of a bell) to sound
  3. to lament, to bewail

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wānijan.

Verb

wānen

  1. to think, to suppose

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “wānen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wānijan.

Verb

wānen

  1. to suppose, to hope, to guess

Conjugation

Conjugation of wānen (weak class 1)
infinitive wānen
indicative present past
1st person singular wānu wānita
2nd person singular wānis, wānist wānitōs, wāntōst
3rd person singular wānit wānita
1st person plural wānem, wānemēs wānitum, wānitumēs
2nd person plural wānet wānitut
3rd person plural wānent wānitun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular wāne wāniti
2nd person singular wānēs, wānēst wānitīs, wānitīst
3rd person singular wāne wāniti
1st person plural wānēm, wānēn, wānemēs wānitīm, wānitīn, wānitīmēs
2nd person plural wānēt wānitīt
3rd person plural wānēn wānitīn
imperative present
singular wāni
plural wānet
participle present past
wānenti giwānit

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
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