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wænen

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German wānen, from Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈwæːnən/

Verb

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wænen (class 1 weak, third-person singular present wænet, past tense wænte, past participle gewænt, auxiliary hān)

  1. to believe

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • German: wähnen

References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “wænen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel