wenschen
Dutch
Verb
wenschen
- 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
Inflection
| 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
Further reading
- “wenschen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wenschen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN