wünschen
German (Berlin)
/ˈvʏnʃən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to wish for; to make a wish for; to want; to desire
- (transitive) to wish someone something
- (transitive) to demand; to order; in negation: not to tolerate
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wünschen inherited from Old High German wunsken (wish, desire, choose) inherited from *wunskijan (wish) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (wish) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wun-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wun-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewish English
- deathwish English
- forewish English
- outwish English
- unwish English
- wish English
- wishable English
- wishbone English
- wishbook English
- wisher English
- wishest English
- wishful English
- wishless English
- wishlist English
- Verwünschung German
- Wonne German
- Wonneproppen German
- verwünschen German
- wonnetrunken German
- toewensen Dutch, Flemish
- wenselijk Dutch, Flemish
- wensen Dutch, Flemish
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wun- Proto-Indo-European
- *wunskaz Proto-Germanic
- *wunskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunskō Proto-Germanic
- winszować Polish
- wyscan Old English
- wȳsċan Old English
- wisshen Middle English
- ýskja Old Norse
- œskja Old Norse
- dødsønske Danish
- ønske Danish
- ønskedrøm Danish
- ønskelig Danish
- ønskeliste Danish
- ønskeseddel Danish
- ønsketænkning Danish
- wenschen Middle Dutch
- wunscen Old High German
- wunsken Old High German
- ynski Faroese
- wunne Middle High German
- wunschen Middle High German
- wünschen Middle High German
- wënschen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *wunskijan gmw-pro
- *wunsken Old Dutch
- *uskodak Proto-Finnic
- wunschen Middle Low German
- віншаваць Belarusian
- voščiti Slovene
- *wenskia Old Frisian
- winsche Pennsylvania German
- usk Old Danish