wenschen

Dutch

Verb

wenschen

  1. obsolete spelling of wensen

Conjugation

Conjugation of wenschen (weak)
infinitive wenschen
past singular wenschte
past participle gewenscht
infinitive wenschen
gerund wenschen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular wensch wenschte
2nd person sing. (jij) wenscht, wensch2 wenschte
2nd person sing. (u) wenscht wenschte
2nd person sing. (gij) wenscht wenschte
3rd person singular wenscht wenschte
plural wenschen wenschten
subjunctive sing.1 wensche wenschte
subjunctive plur.1 wenschen wenschten
imperative sing. wensch
imperative plur.1 wenscht
participles wenschend gewenscht
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wunsken, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną. The vowel e arose due to unrounding of u in the more coastal dialects.

Verb

wenschen

  1. to wish, to desire
  2. to wish, to hope (towards someone)

Inflection

Conjugation of wenschen (weak)
infinitive base form wenschen
genitive wenschens
dative wenschene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular wensche wensche
2nd person singular wenschs, wensches wenschs, wensches
3rd person singular wenscht, wenschet wensche
1st person plural wenschen wenschen
2nd person plural wenscht, wenschet wenscht, wenschet
3rd person plural wenschen wenschen
imperative
singular wensch, wensche
plural wenscht, wenschet
present past
participle wenschende

Alternative forms

  • wonschen
  • wunschen

Descendants

  • Dutch: wensen
  • Limburgish: wönsje

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