wejść

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Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish wnić, from Proto-Slavic *vъnjьti, remodeled on other verbs such as wyjść. By surface analysis, w(e)- +‎ iść. For the insertion of ś, see iść.

Verb

wejść pf (imperfective wchodzić)

  1. (intransitive) to go in; to walk in, to enter (to go or come on foot into an enclosed or partially enclosed space)
    Synonym: wleźć
    Proszę, wejdź!Please, come in!
  2. (intransitive) to go on, to climb (to go or come on foot onto the upper part of something or to a higher position)
    Synonym: wleźć
    Antonym: zleźć
  3. (intransitive) to go in, to enter (to arrive somewhere by any means of transportation)
  4. (intransitive) to go into (by extending in space, to cross the boundary of something and extend beyond it)
  5. (intransitive) to go in (to fit somewhere; to be the proper size for) ,
  6. (intransitive) to sink in, to go in, to enter (to gradually go deeper into something)
  7. (intransitive) to enter, to get into (to become a participant of something or engaged in something)
  8. (intransitive) to enter (to begin to exist in a particular state)
  9. (intransitive) to go into, to enter (to become subject to a state, rule or action) , , or
  10. (intransitive) to log on (to begin to use some website or software)
    Synonym: wleźć
  11. (intransitive) to enter (to become part of a larger whole composed of a particular type of person or element) or
  12. (intransitive) to enter (to penetrate during sex)
  13. (intransitive) to enter (to combine with some type of substance to then become part of some chemical process)
  14. (intransitive, colloquial, of pain, cramps, etc.) to set in (to start to be felt somewhere)
  15. (intransitive, colloquial) to nab (to seize someone's material goods)
  16. (intransitive) to get in (to become involved in some kind of venture)
  17. (intransitive) to go in, to step into (to place one's foot into i.e. a puddle)
  18. (intransitive) to walk into (to bump into or make contact with on foot)
  19. (intransitive) to enter (to conquer or gain some area or territory)
  20. (intransitive) to enter (while moving, to change one's manner of motion)
  21. (intransitive) to get into (to ponder deeply)
  22. (intransitive) to jut into (of objects; to occupy the space of something else)
  23. (intransitive, obsolete) to come in as income
  24. (intransitive, obsolete, of plants) to sprout (to begin growing from seeds)
  25. (intransitive, obsolete, of celestial objects) to rise (to begin to be seen in the sky)
    Synonym: wzejść
Conjugation
Conjugation of wejść pf
person singular plural
masculine feminine neuter virile nonvirile
infinitive wejść
future tense 1st wejdę wejdziemy
2nd wejdziesz wejdziecie
3rd wejdzie wejdą
impersonal wejdzie się
past tense 1st wszedłem,
-(e)m wszedł
weszłam,
-(e)m weszła
weszłom,
-(e)m weszło
weszliśmy,
-(e)śmy weszli
weszłyśmy,
-(e)śmy weszły
2nd wszedłeś,
-(e)ś wszedł
weszłaś,
-(e)ś weszła
weszłoś,
-(e)ś weszło
weszliście,
-(e)ście weszli
weszłyście,
-(e)ście weszły
3rd wszedł weszła weszło weszli weszły
conditional 1st wszedłbym,
bym wszedł
weszłabym,
bym weszła
weszłobym,
bym weszło
weszlibyśmy,
byśmy weszli
weszłybyśmy,
byśmy weszły
2nd wszedłbyś,
byś wszedł
weszłabyś,
byś weszła
weszłobyś,
byś weszło
weszlibyście,
byście weszli
weszłybyście,
byście weszły
3rd wszedłby,
by wszedł
weszłaby,
by weszła
weszłoby,
by weszło
weszliby,
by weszli
weszłyby,
by weszły
imperative 1st niech wejdę wejdźmy
2nd wejdź wejdźcie
3rd niech wejdzie niech wejdą
anterior adverbial participle wszedłszy
verbal noun wejście
Alternative forms
Derived terms
proverbs
verbs

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), wejść is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 13 times in scientific texts, 16 times in news, 17 times in essays, 39 times in fiction, and 42 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 127 times, making it the 472nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wejść n

  1. genitive plural of wejście

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “wejść”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 657

Further reading

  • wejść in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wejść in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “wejść”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • WEJŚĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 03.01.2022
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “wejść”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “wejść”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “wejść”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 501