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Wünschen

Wünschen

See also: wünschen

German

Noun

Wünschen m

  1. dative plural of Wünsch

wünschen

wünschen

See also: Wünschen

German

Verb

wünschen ‎(third-person singular simple present wünscht, past tense wünschte, past participle gewünscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to wish

Conjugation

Related terms

References

  • Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Sprache, Friedrich Kluge

Etymology

From Middle High German wunschen, from Old High German wunsken, wunscen ‎(“to choose, wish, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną ‎(“to wish”), *wunskaz, *wunskō ‎(“wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wun-, *wenh₁- ‎(“to wish, love”). Cognate with Dutch wensen ‎(“to wish”), English wish, Danish ønske ‎(“to wish”), Sanskrit वांछ् ‎(vāṃch, “to want”). Related to German Wonne ‎(“lust, desire”). More at winsome, wone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʏnʃən/, [ˈvʏnʃn̩]

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