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wanen

wanen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːnən

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wānen, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną.

Verb

wanen

  1. to (falsely) believe

Inflection

Inflection of wanen (weak)
infinitive wanen
past singular waande
past participle gewaand
infinitive wanen
gerund wanen n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular waan waande
2nd person sing. (jij) waant waande
2nd person sing. (u) waant waande
2nd person sing. (gij) waant waande
3rd person singular waant waande
plural wanen waanden
subjunctive sing.1 wane waande
subjunctive plur.1 wanen waanden
imperative sing. waan
imperative plur.1 waant
participles wanend gewaand
1) Archaic.

Noun

wanen

  1. Plural form of waan

Middle English

Verb

wanen

  1. to moan, to wail, to complain
  2. (figuratively, of a bell) to sound
  3. to lament, to bewail