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wonen
wonen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋoːnə(n)/
- Rhymes: -oːnən
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wonen, from Old Dutch wonon, from Proto-Germanic *wunjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).
Verb
wonen
- (intransitive) to live (in a certain place)
Inflection
| Inflection of wonen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | wonen | |||
| past singular | woonde | |||
| past participle | gewoond | |||
| infinitive | wonen | |||
| gerund | wonen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | woon | woonde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | woont | woonde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | woont | woonde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | woont | woonde | ||
| 3rd person singular | woont | woonde | ||
| plural | wonen | woonden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | wone | woonde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | wonen | woonden | ||
| imperative sing. | woon | |||
| imperative plur.1 | woont | |||
| participles | wonend | gewoond | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||