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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛns/
- Hyphenation: wenns
Contraction
wenns
- Contraction of wenn es.
1843, Brothers Grimm, “Mährchen von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu lernen”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1, 5th edition, pages 17–18:Nun geschah es, daß der Vater einmal zu ihm sprach „hör du, in der Ecke dort, du wirst groß und stark, und mußt auch etwas lernen, womit du dein Brot verdienst. Siehst du, wie sich dein Bruder Mühe giebt, aber an dir ist Hopfen und Malz verloren.“ „Ei, Vater,“ antwortete er, „ich will gerne was lernen; ja, wenns angienge, so möchte ich lernen daß mirs gruselte; davon verstehe ich noch gar nichts.“- Now it happened that his father once said to him, “Listen, in the corner there, you are growing up and strong, and you have to learn something with which you earn your living. Do you see how your brother tries, but you have lost hops and malt.” “Oh, father,” he replied, “I would like to learn something; yes, if it came up, I would like to learn that it gave me the creeps; I don't understand anything about that yet.”