gewinnen

German (Berlin)

/ɡəˈvɪnən/

verb-strong
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to win; to be victorious
  • (transitive) to win something; to gain
  • (transitive) to win over; to persuade
  • (transitive) to win or extract a resource

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German gewinnen inherited from Old High German winnan inherited from *winnan inherited from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (gain, win, fight, labour, swink, labor, strive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wenh₁-

Gloss

love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

欲

Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨‍❤️‍👨 👩‍❤️‍👨 👩‍❤️‍👩 👰‍♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂

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