ønske

From Old Danish usk, ønsk, ynsk, Old Norse ósk (“wish”), from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz, *wunskō (“wish, desire”). Remodelled after the verb.

• IPA^(key):

ønske n (singular definite ønsket, plural indefinite ønsker)

1. wish

From Old Danish yske, ønskæ, from Old Norse œskja (“wish”), from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”). The 'n' stems from influence from Middle Low German wunschen, cf. also Swedish önska.

IPA^(key):

ønske (imperative ønsk, infinitive at ønske, present tense ønsker, past tense ønskede, perfect tense har ønsket)

1. to wish

From Old Norse ósk, from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz, *wunskō (“wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wun-, *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).

ønske n (definite singular ønsket, indefinite plural ønsker, definite plural ønska or ønskene)

1. a wish
2. a desire

• ønskelig
• ønskeliste

From Old Norse œskja, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”).

ønske (imperative ønsk, present tense ønsker, simple past ønska or ønsket or ønskte, past participle ønska or ønsket or ønskt)

1. to wish
2. to want

• “ønske” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

ønske n (definite singular ønsket, indefinite plural ønske, definite plural ønska)

1. Alternative form of ynske

ønske (present tense ønsker, past tense ønskte, past participle ønskt, passive infinitive ønskast, present participle ønskande, imperative ønsk)

1. Alternative form of ynskja

• ønskeleg
• ønskeliste